Uplowman

Uplowman
Uplowman
	St Peter's Church, Uplowman
	Uplowman Location within Devon
Population	331 (2011 census)
Civil parish	Uplowman;
District	Mid Devon;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
	List of places UK England Devon 50°56′N 3°24′W / 50.933°N 3.400°W

Uplowman (/ʌpˈloʊmən/) is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district, in Devon, England, situated about 4 miles north-east of the town of Tiverton. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Hockworthy, Sampford Peverell, Halberton, Tiverton, and Huntsham.^[1] It is situated near the River Lowman, and further downstream, to the west, is Crazelowman. In 2011 the parish had a population of 331.

Notable buildings

St Peter's parish church: the church was built in the 15th century by Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII. Features of interest include the 15th-century font and a peace window showing St Michael, St George and St Denys.^[2]
Uplowman Court, 14th-century remnant of former manor house situated immediately to north of the church, rubble wall attached to east end of a farmhouse.^[3]
Widhayes, a late 16th-century farmhouse refurbished in 1880.^[4]
Spalsbury, late mediaeval farmhouse.^[4]
Middlecombe, a classic 17th-century thatched farmhouse.^[4]
Uplowman House, late 18th-century stuccoed house.^[4] Home to Denys Rhodes and Margaret Rhodes between 1952 and 1973, as a first cousin to Elizabeth II Margaret often hosted Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at the house over a weekend.^[5]
The Redwoods Inn is a traditional public house.^[6]

Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp. 881–2

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