Mamhead Park estate country house Robert William Newman Anthony Salvin Devon South West England UK
The Mamhead estate was sold by the adventurer Sir Peter Carew (1514–1575) to Giles Ball, whose son Sir Peter Ball (1598–1680) was attorney-general to King Charles I's Queen, Henrietta Maria. He began to build a country house here, replacing an older house. His grandson Thomas Ball (1671–1749), a merchant, planted many exotic trees brought back from his travels. Between 1742 and 1745, he built an obelisk on the hill above the house "out of a regard to the safety of such as might use to sail out of the Port of Exon or any others who might be driven on the coast". The obelisk has a height of one hundred feet. In 1823, Mamhead was bought by Robert William Newman (1776–1848), who completely rebuilt the house on a new site in 1827-1833, to the designs of Anthony Salvin. In 1833, Westley Farm was also rebuilt by Salvin. Newman was Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1818 to 1826 and High Sheriff of Devon in 1827. On 17 March 1836, he became Sir Robert William Newman, 1st Baronet, of Mamhead in the County of Devon. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Devon in 1871. The fourth Baronet represented Exeter in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1931, when he was created Baron Mamhead of Exeter in the County of Devon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The peerage became extinct on his death in 1945, but the baronetcy is still extant. Mamhead House became Dawlish College in the mid 60's, a boarding school for boys. The building was owned by the Tyler family and run with a staff of approx 20. The number of boarders varied between 75-125 in the late sixties when local education authorities paid for problem boys. Previously it was entirely private fee paying boarders whose parents were ex-pat or foreign. During that time the teachers were Mr Sykes, Mr Vietch Mr Graham and the ever popular Mr Sparrow. The surrounding grounds were utilised for numerous activities from swimming,cricket,football,go karting etc.
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