Buckland, Braunton

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Buckland is an old estate in the parish of Braunton, North Devon, England. It was bought in 1319 by Godfrey II de Incledene of Incledon, the neighboring estate about half a mile to the north-west. The Incledon family is first known from around 1160. Buckland sits about half a mile north-west of St Brannock’s Church in Braunton. The Book of Fees records Incledene as held from the Honour of Barnstaple by Nicholas de Ferrers and Robert de Incledene. The estate stayed with the Incledon family until John VII Incledon (1702–1746). His only son John died in infancy in 1741, leaving two daughters as co-heiresses. The elder daughter, Mary (1736–1802), married Philip Rogers Webber (1732–1819); their descendants still own Buckland today. In 1937 the owner was William Beare Incledon-Webber, who was also lord of the nearby manors of Croyde and Putsborough.

Buckland Manor, also known as Buckland House, is a Grade II* listed mansion remodeled in the 18th century. It was still occupied by Incledon-Webber descendants in 2014. The south front was rebuilt in 1762 with seven bays, a porch with Tuscan columns, and four attic dormers. Two rear wings (one from the 17th century, the other extended in the 18th) form a three-sided courtyard, and a large three-storey wing was added to the right in the 18th century.

A threshing barn with an attached horse-engine house, dated 1712, sits next to the northwest corner of the house and is also Grade II* listed. Nearby outbuildings are Grade II listed: a former slaughter-and-salting-house with wash-house, potato store with loft, and cider-house (likely 17th century); a shippon (cowshed) dated 1660 with 18th-century root store and bullock shed; and 18th-century stables with a loft.