Maer

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House, and also as a Possible Bastle, and also as a Possible Uncertain

There are no visible remains

NameMaer
Alternative NamesLa mere
Historic CountryCornwall
Modern AuthorityCornwall
1974 AuthorityCornwall
Civil ParishBude Stratton

A rare fortified house was destroyed in recent years despite being listed. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

The PastScape record gives no other details other than listing it as as a medieval fortified house and a post medieval fortified house. No other information is available and the listing description seems to be lost. Neither the NMR or the Cornish HER have a description. This suggests that not only was the house demolished but that no fuss was made about that destruction. The location is close the coast and at the centre of a small settlement on the 1st edition OS map. Maer is a Celtic name meaning lord's deputy or bailiff - although the name of this settlement might originally have been the English mere - a lake. Gatehouse categorises this as a fortified manor house. The 1885 OS map seems to suggest a courtyard type house ground plan. However, there is no real idea of the actual form of the house and it may be that 'rare fortified house' implies something more like a bastle than a courtyard house.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSS207079
Latitude50.8432807922363
Longitude-4.54733991622925
Eastings220740
Northings107970
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