Near the church is Widworthy Barton, the former manor house, which is largely unaltered from its early 17th century form.

[2] Widworthy Court is a mansion within the parish built in 1830 by Sir Edward Marwood-Elton to the design of G.S.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists Widworthy among the 27 Devonshire holdings of Theobald FitzBerner, one of the tenants-in-chief in Devon of King William the Conqueror.

[4] At some time in the 13th century, John de Humfraville held the feudal barony,[5] and had his own tenant at Widworthy.

The manor was still in the Chichester family in the early 17th century, being then held by Hugh, according to Pole.