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Moreton House, Bideford
Moreton House (formerly until 1821 Daddon House〔Note: "Daddon Hill" is situated about 2 miles north of Moreton House, in the nearby parish of Northam〕) is a grade II listed〔http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-375708-moreton-now-part-of-grenville-college-bi〕 country house and former large estate near Bideford, North Devon, England. The house is situated approximately one mile west of the old centre of Bideford town,〔measured from the parish church at the western end of Bideford Long Bridge〕 its entrance drive leading off the south side of the road between Bideford and the village of Abbotsham. It has in recent years become increasingly surrounded by the suburbs of Bideford, and in 2014 only 5 acres of the former parkland remain attached to the house. The estate is said anciently to have been the property of the famous Grenville family, lords of the Manor of Bideford, and of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall. It was later acquired by the Buck merchant family of Bideford, which rebuilt the house in 1760 and again in 1821. In 1858 the Buck family changed its name to Stucley,〔Vivian, p.723〕 in reference to a recent female ancestress and heiress. The now "Stucley" family, which had inherited other substantial residences at Hartland Abbey, Affeton and North Molton, sold Moreton House in 1956, after which it was occupied by Grenville College, a private school, which vacated the site in 2009. The house is a fine example of Georgian architecture and had at one time ornate gardens with two lakes, fountains, waterfalls and formal herbaceous borders. The house with five acres of land was offered for sale in 2014 for the surprisingly low price of £500,000 and reached national prominence when the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper pointed out that a small one car garage in Kensington, West London, was at that time for sale at the same price as the 28-bedroom Moreton House. The estate agent explained the low price by saying that the house was "too big" (34,250 sq ft., 28 bedrooms, 19 reception rooms, a ballroom and eight bathrooms).〔James Gibbs, land and new home director at Jackson-Stops & Staff, said: "It is great value for money if you want something different. It is priced like this because it is so large. If it was a tenth of the size it would probably still be the same price so you’re basically getting 90 per cent free. It could be a school, a hotel, converted into apartments or be used as a single home for someone with a lot of furniture"()〕 The house's former name is memorialised by an industrial estate called "Daddon Court" a short distance to the south of the house.
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