Sidbury Manor
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Sidbury Manor is a privately owned 19th century country mansion situated at Sidbury
, Sidmouth
, East Devon. It is a Grade II listed building.
David Cave of Cleve Hill, Gloucestershire acquired land in and about fashionable Sidmouth in the mid 1800s. His son Rt Hon Stephen Cave was Member of Parliament
for New Shoreham
1859 -1880 and was twice Postmaster General
. In the 1870s he commissioned architect David Brandon to design a substantial new mansion on a prominent site at Sidbury. The house in a mock Jacobean
style was completed in 1879. Cave who died in 1880 never lived there but bequeathed the house and the estate of some 3800 acres to his younger brother Charles who in 1896 was created the first of the Cave Baronets
.
The house remains in the ownership of the Cave family.
Sidbury
Sidbury is a village north of Sidmouth on the A375 road in East Devon, England.It is situated on the River Sid, which rises at Ottery St Mary and runs for to Lyme Bay at Sidmouth...
, Sidmouth
Sidmouth
Sidmouth is a small town on the English Channel coast in Devon, South West England. The town lies at the mouth of the River Sid in the East Devon district, south east of Exeter. It has a population of about 15,000, of whom 40% are over 65....
, East Devon. It is a Grade II listed building.
David Cave of Cleve Hill, Gloucestershire acquired land in and about fashionable Sidmouth in the mid 1800s. His son Rt Hon Stephen Cave was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...
1859 -1880 and was twice Postmaster General
Postmaster General
A Postmaster General is a postmaster responsible for an entire mail distribution organization . The term may refer to:* Postmaster General of the United Kingdom* The head of the Hongkong Post...
. In the 1870s he commissioned architect David Brandon to design a substantial new mansion on a prominent site at Sidbury. The house in a mock Jacobean
Jacobean
Jacobean indicates the period of English history that coincides with the reign of James I of England :*Jacobean era*Jacobean architecture*Jacobean literature*Jacobean English...
style was completed in 1879. Cave who died in 1880 never lived there but bequeathed the house and the estate of some 3800 acres to his younger brother Charles who in 1896 was created the first of the Cave Baronets
Cave Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cave, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extant as of 2008....
.
The house remains in the ownership of the Cave family.