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Catalogue for Sale of Broadgate Estate, Pilton, in May 1918
On May 3rd 1918 the Broadgate Estate owned by Mrs Hibbert was sold by auction at the Imperial Hotel, Barnstaple. It was described as comprising 'A singularly-attractive COUNTRY MANSION, in Beautif...
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The Story of a North Devon Victorian Painter, Frederick Richard Lee, R.A...
This is an account of the life of Frederick Richard Lee, the Victorian landscape artist who, from 1858 until his death in 1879, spent some of his time living at Broadgate House, Pilton. It include...
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Broadgate Villa, Pilton with the Desborough Family in 1858
This early photograph of 1858 shows the south side of Broadgate Villa in Pilton with fourteen of the family of Henry Desborough who lived there until his death in 1862. Broadgate Villa was built a...
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