Hapstead House, Buckfastleigh

Hapstead House, near Buckfastleigh. The inset top right suggests that at the time (1950s?) it was a children's home. It is now a Camphill Trust community for people with learning difficulties. The Heritage Environment Record https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MDV106999&resourceID=104 states that the area was a farm from the 16th century. In the 20th century it was gradually rebuilt and named Hapstead House. Extract from 'The Hamlyn Family of Devon', Truman Press, 1933 "The old house at Hapstead, formerly the home of the Furneaux, is considered by archaeologists to be of the late 15th Century. The granite archway and a window seem to indicate an even earlier date for, at any rate, parts of it. Dom J. Stephan, O.S.B. says that the granite frame of an old window (taken from the original and now built into the new house) is exactly similar to one in the ancient tower at Buckfast Abbey. (At Button, too, there are similar indications of great age, particularly a passage which may be early English, of the 13th or 14th Century). Evidently, Hapstead House formerly extended to and included other old buildings adjacent; but whether this applies to the so-called chapel, it is impossible to determine. The outbuildings on the north west side of the courtyard, running from the gateway to the present structure, were too extensive for the size of the farm of today and tend to confirm the understanding that Hapstead used to include the lands adjoining, probably Bowerdon and Essey. After William Hamlyn bought Hapstead (previously owned by him, in part, with his brothers, who inherited from their father and uncles) he constructed on both sides of the original (built by Maria Furneaux, daughter of Joseph Hamlyn, the grandfather) and installed a complete service of modern amenities."