Sheviock Barton

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are no visible remains

NameSheviock Barton
Alternative NamesShevyok
Historic CountryCornwall
Modern AuthorityCornwall
1974 AuthorityCornwall
Civil ParishSheviock

Sheviock Barton House, SX 36955504, is a 16/17th century rubble-built house with hipped slate roofs and brick and plastered stacks. Carew, writing at the end of the 16th century, described it as decayed, and Gilbert in 1820 found it much altered and damaged. It presumably stands on the site of the 14th century crenellated house of the Dawney family, although Kempthorne mentions a possible alternative site for this.

Sheviok Barton barn stands at SX 37005500, within the curtilage of the barton. A tradition related by Carew ascribes its building to Emmeline Dawney in the 14th century. The roof collapsed in 1836 and was rebuilt at a lower level. The south wall was rebuilt with the original stone in 1938 (Sheppard 1974; Kempthorne 1934)

House dated 1682 on a stone by the front door but possibly with earlier origins. Altered and extended in the late 18th century, mid to late 19th century and the 20th century. It is two storeyed and built of stone rubble with a slate roof. It may stand on the site of the 14th century house of the Dawney family, granted a licence to crenallate in 1336. (Listed Building Report). (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Area susceptible to 'French' raids (the 'french' may have been independent pirates of many nationalities) so may well have been defensible, although the licence may have had more to do with the families ambitions. A market charter had been granted in 1314 (CChR, 1300–26, p. 239) and at much the same time a large barn was constructed and the church was rebuilt. As usual in Cornwall the settlement is dispersed, with the major concentration of the parish population at Crafthole, but the parish church is adjacent to Sheviock Barton. Kempthorne mentions a possible alternative site for this at the site of a C17 dovecote at SX36345413. This seems unlikely as this is clearly in Crafthole not Sheviock and Crafthole had a clear identity in the medieval period, and there seems no reason to believe the Dawney's would move away from a traditional manorial centre by the parish church. However, this isolated dovecote is a bit of an enigma but possibly part of a medieval, or post-medieval, planed leisure landscape, although its surroundings are despoiled by a golf course.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSX369550
Latitude50.3726081848145
Longitude-4.29429006576538
Eastings236960
Northings55020
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 695
  • Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p. 136-43
  • Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 47 (slight)
  • Kempthorne, G.A., 1934, History of Sheviock
  • Polsue, J. (Ed), 1867, Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall Vol. 4 p. 147-149
  • Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 411 online copy

Journals

  • Preston-Jones, Ann and Rose, Peter, 1986, 'Medieval Cornwall' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 25 p. 135-185 online copy
  • Sheppard, P., 1974, 'Parochial Check-Lists of Antiquities' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 13 p. 65 online copy

Primary Sources

  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1334-38) Vol. 3 p. 238 online copy