Newnham Park (before circa 1718[1] Loughtor) is an historic estate in the civil parish of Sparkwell, Devon, UK.
The next recorded holder following the de Radford tenure was a younger son of the Courtenay family of Molland in North Devon.
Until 1718 it is not clear what use, if any, was made by the Strode family of the old manor house of the Courtenays at Loughtor, as they appear to have continued to reside chiefly at "Old Newnham".
The first of the Strodes to live at Loughtor was: In 1955 Judith Eileen Strode Valle-Pope (born 1934) married Michael Maurice Cobbold (1931-2002), descended from an old Suffolk brewing dynasty,[33] a professional soldier, engineer, publisher, preserver of ancient buildings and sheep-farmer.
[35] Her son David Michael Strode Cobbold (born 1961) is the owner of Newnham Park in 2014.
Newnham Park, built
circa
1720, viewed in 2014
"Nuneham, seat of ... Stroud Esq.", 1797 watercolour of Newnham Park (mansion house far right) by Rev
John Swete
(1789-1800). Devon Record Office 564M/F13/73
Setting of Loughtor Mill, viewed from within the Newnham Park parkland
Loughtor Mill, on the Newnham Park estate, in 2014 occupied by a motor repair garage
Arms of Courtenay of
Molland
:
Or, three
torteaux
a label of three points azure each point charged with three
plates
15th century monument to William Courtenay of Loughtor,
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11
]
St Mary's Church, Plympton
William Courtenay of Loughtor, with mutilated escutcheon within his helm on which rests his head showing arms of Courtenay of Molland:
Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure each point charged with three plates
. Detail from his 15th century monument in St Mary's Church, Plympton
Arms of Strode:
Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable
. Detail from mural monument to Sir
William IV Strode
(1562-1637) in St Mary's Church, Plympton
