English Heritage sites near Ilsington Parish

Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village

HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE

4 miles from Ilsington Parish

The remains of four 13th century stone farmsteads, on land originally farmed in the Bronze Age. This isolated Dartmoor hamlet was probably abandoned in the early 15th century.

Grimspound

GRIMSPOUND

7 miles from Ilsington Parish

The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements, Grimspound dates from the late Bronze Age. The remains of 24 stone houses survive within a massive boundary wall.

Berry Pomeroy Castle

BERRY POMEROY CASTLE

9 miles from Ilsington Parish

Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.

Totnes Castle

TOTNES CASTLE

9 miles from Ilsington Parish

A classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest to overawe the Saxon town. A later stone shell-keep crowns its steep mound, giving views across the town to the River Dart.

Kirkham House, Paignton

KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON

11 miles from Ilsington Parish

This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.

Upper Plym Valley

UPPER PLYM VALLEY

14 miles from Ilsington Parish

This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.

Churches in Ilsington Parish

St Michael's, Ilsington

Ilsington Newton Abbot
01626 821603
https://ashburtonandmoor.org.uk/ilsington

St Michael's is a captivating and welcoming medieval church in Dartmoor National Park.

Seeped in history, our church has the finest collection of floor ledger stones of any Dartmoor church and spectacular stained glass windows. Ilsington village grew up around the original Saxon manor and St Michael's church.

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Pubs in Ilsington Parish

Blue Tiger Inn

Ilsington Hotel, Ilsington, TQ13 9RR
(01364) 661452

Located within the 3 star Ilsington Country House Hotel, owned and run by the Hassell Family since 1998, it combines rustic charm with contemporary touches. Awarded two AA rosettes for food, numerous awards for the Spa and recognised in pub...
Carpenters Arms

Ilsington, TQ13 9RG
(01364) 661629

Situated next to the 15th-century village church, the pub was originally Castle Barton farmhouse and was purchased and opened as a pub by William Northway and takes its name from the surname of the executor of the will of the owner of the p...
Rock Inn

Haytor Vale, Haytor, TQ13 9XP
(01364) 661305
rock-inn.co.uk/

On the edge of Dartmoor, this timber beamed and flagstone floored 18th-century inn has several cosy rooms for drinking and dining. Some have log fireplaces or wood burners, sturdy old furnishings, settles, prints, photographs of Dartmoor sc...
Star Inn

Old Liverton Road, Liverton, TQ12 6EZ
(01626) 824535
thestarnewtonabbot.co.uk

Originally a farmhouse, it was bought by William Mortimore in 1862 for furtherance of the sale of his own beers, Mortimore being the owner of the a brewery in Kingskerswell. Re-opened 11th May, 2017, under new ownership after a complete re...
Tinpickle & Rhum

Moorlands, Haytor, TQ13 9XT
(01364) 661142
tinpickleandrhum.com

Moorland hotel famed as being the place where Agatha Christie wrote her first book, 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles', in 1916. Recently refurbished and re-styled, Tinpickle and Rhum is now a homely brasserie serving delicious, locally sour...
Welcome Stranger

Liverton, TQ12 6JA
(01626) 821224

This pub was built as the 'New Inn' in the 18th century at the same time as the construction of a new turnpike road between Exeter and Ashburton. The name was only changed to the Welcome Stranger in the late 1950s. This hostelry still provi...