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Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh in North Devon, is an early Neo-Palladian country house situated 3 miles (5 kilometres) north-west of South Molton and 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Barnstaple. It was built in 1730 by Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton (1696–1751), who was later created in 1751 1st Baron Fortescue and 1st Earl of Clinton, the son of Hugh Fortescue (died 1719), lord of the manor of Filleigh, Weare Giffard, etc., whose family is earliest recorded as residing in the 12th century at the manor of Whympston in the parish of Modbury in South Devon. The Fortescue family became major land owners, influential in British and West Country history. Castle Hill is a rare example in Devon of an 18th-century country mansion "on the grand scale".

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  • Castle Hill (Filleigh) (de)
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  • Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh in North Devon, is an early Neo-Palladian country house situated 3 miles (5 kilometres) north-west of South Molton and 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Barnstaple. It was built in 1730 by Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton (1696–1751), who was later created in 1751 1st Baron Fortescue and 1st Earl of Clinton, the son of Hugh Fortescue (died 1719), lord of the manor of Filleigh, Weare Giffard, etc., whose family is earliest recorded as residing in the 12th century at the manor of Whympston in the parish of Modbury in South Devon. The Fortescue family became major land owners, influential in British and West Country history. Castle Hill is a rare example in Devon of an 18th-century country mansion "on the grand scale". (en)
  • Castle Hill ist ein Landhaus in der Gemeinde Filleigh 13 km südöstlich von Barnstaple im Norden der englischen Grafschaft Devon. Das Haus in frühpalladianistischem Stil ließ 1730 (1696–1751) bauen. Er wurde 1751 zum 1. Earl Fortescue und 1. Earl Clinton ernannt. Die Familie Fortescue wurde zu großen Landbesitzern und spielte eine große Rolle in der britischen Geschichte und der Geschichte des West Country. Castle Hill ist ein seltenes Beispiel in Devon für ein Landhaus des 18. Jahrhunderts „in großem Stil“. Es bietet einen beeindruckenden Anblick von der öffentlichen Straße aus, die bis zur Eröffnung der Fernstraße A361 (North Devon Link Road) die Hauptstraße westlich von Barnstaple war und die sich absichtlich an dem Gebäude vorbeizumäandrieren scheint, um dem Reisenden einen möglichst g (de)
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