Blagdon, Paignton

Field above Blagdon

Arms of Kirkham: Argent, three lions rampant gules a bordure engrailed sable^[1]

Blagdon in the parish of Paignton^[2] in Devon, England, is an historic manor, the seat of the Kirkham family from the 13th to 17th centuries. The manor house known as Blagdon Manor (House)^[3] survives as a grade II* listed building^[4] about two miles west of the historic centre of the town of Paignton. In the ancient Church of St John, the parish church of Paignton, survives the Kirkham Chantry Chapel, situated between the south aisle and the south transept, "without a doubt the chief interest of the church",^[5] consisting of a screen and monuments built by the Kirkham family towards the end of the 15th century.

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp. 839, 844
• Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p. 279
• Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 516–17, pedigree of Kirkham of Blagdon
• Listed building text, Blagdon Manor, Paignton

References

1. Pole, p.490
2. Pole, p.279
3. Pevsner, p.844
4. Listed building text, Blagdon Manor, Paignton
5. Pevsner, p.838

Coordinates: 50°25′50″N 3°36′44″W / 50.4305°N 3.6122°W