Luscombe, Rattery

Luscombe is an historic estate situated in the parish of Rattery in Devon.

[2] Dartington is listed in the Domesday Book as Dertrintone, the 15th of the 17 Devonshire holdings of William de Falaise, feudal baron of Stogursey,[3] Somerset, one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror.

[4] Luscombe comprised one furlong of land within the manor of Dartington and was held from William of Falaise by his tenant Ansketel.

Shortly before 1810 it was sold by the Luscombe family to Walter Palk (1742-1819), MP for Ashburton (1796-1811),[7] who had purchased the manor of Rattery together with several local estates, and built Marley House, a large Georgian country house, as his new seat within the parish of Rattery.

It should not be confused with Luscombe Castle, a 19th-century country house near Dawlish, about 16 miles (26 km) to the north-east.