Gratnar (Gratnor), Manaton

This was the home of the Mortimore family (da103292-3) from September 1909 to January 1915. The 17th century cottage is rare as most buildings in this area are farmhouses. It is a rare survivor of a smaller type of dwelling. Access is by a footpath about 1/4 mile long and there is no direct access for wheeled vehicles. "Early Dartmoor Farmhouses" by Elizabeth Gawne and Jenny Sanders, published by Orchard Publications 1998, p57-58 contains a description of the building. An excerpt from the book describes Gratnar as "a rubble-built 17th century cottage with a later outshot, thatched until the 1950's and now slated. It lies in a remote situation beside a small stream at the bottom of a steeply wooded hillside which is deeply scored by tin workings......It is reasonably certain that this is a longhouse with a converted shippon."