Mothecombe


Mothecombe is an historic estate in the parish of Holbeton in South Devon, England. The mansion house of the estate is Mothecombe House, a grade I listed building in the Queen Anne style.

History

The estate of Mothecombe was inherited by John Pollexfen of Kitley in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon, on his marriage to the daughter and heiress of Stretchley of Mothecombe. The surviving Mothecombe House was built by his great-great grandson John Pollexfen in about 1720. He was the son of Warwick Pollexfen of Mothecombe by his wife Elizabeth Osborne, daughter of John Osborne of Churchstowe in Devon. Warwick Pollexfen was the younger son of John Pollexfen of nearby Kitley in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon. In 1872 it was acquired by Henry Bingham Mildmay of nearby Flete House in the parish of Holbeton and of Shoreham Place in Kent, a partner in Barings Bank. In 2016 it remains the property and main residence of his descendant Anthony Mildmay-White, owner of the Flete estate.