The Rev. John Ingle creates St Olaves house and gardens

Jane Elliott

2 March 2018

In June 1868 the Rev. John Ingle (1823-1901) purchased 2 adjoining parcels of land in Murchington, a hamlet lying on the edge of the sprawling Dartmoor parish of Throwleigh, at a cost of £1900. Together these parcels, being ‘Dickers Tenement’ and ‘Dodds Farm,’ represented some 50 acres of woodland, coppice and valuable water meadows, together with a range of farm buildings and cottages. He renamed the property ‘St Olaves’ after his own medieval parish church on Fore Street, Exeter.

Jon Lawrence

1 March 2018

St Olaves during the Radford years, 1883-1896

Jon Lawrence

1 March 2018

Having acquired St Olaves from the Rev. John Ingle in 1877 there is no evidence that the Rev. William Tucker Arundel Radford actually lived there. Instead, he relied on Ingle’s former bailiff, James Lee, and his wife Mary, to look after the property.

Jon Lawrence

28 February 2018

St Olaves under Radford junior and the Barkers, 1896-1907

Jon Lawrence

28 February 2018

On his death in July 1896 all Radford’s estate, including his properties, valued at almost £10,000 net at probate, passed to his son, also named William Tucker Arundel Radford (1861-1915).

Jon Lawrence

27 February 2018

St Olaves and the Suttons, 1907-1960

Jon Lawrence

27 February 2018

The St Olaves estate then passed into the hands of the wealthy Sutton family and became their rural retreat from London