Shiphay Manor
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Shiphay Manor is a Manor house in Torquay
, Devon, England
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Shiphay Manor is currently owned by Torquay Boys' Grammar School
. A large room on the ground floor is used as a Lower Sixth common room
, shared with Torquay Grammar School for Girls
.
The building is also used to teach Psychology to students of both Torquay Boys' Grammar School and Torquay Grammar School for Girls Sixth Forms.
During the 1960s and 70s part of the Manor house itself was used as a high class private members nightclub.
it was bought by the Mathews Brothers and many live groups performed there including the Empty Vessels later to become Wishbone Ash. and it was very popular with the young yuppies who were beginning to arrive on the sceen. It ran until the early 90s when the Brothers dissolved the club empire they built.
The expansive stable blocks along with the front, side and back paddocks were run as the highly successful Shiphay Manor riding school by popular local characters Mr & Mrs Heggadon in the 1960s/70s.
Torquay
Torquay is a town in the unitary authority area of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies south of Exeter along the A380 on the north of Torbay, north-east of Plymouth and adjoins the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay. Torquay’s population of 63,998 during the...
, Devon, England
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
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History
Originally erected in around 1665, the manor was sold to William Kitson of Painsford in 1740, and then torn down and rebuilt in 1884.Shiphay Manor is currently owned by Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay Boys' Grammar School is a selective boys grammar school in Torquay, Devon, England.-Admissions:, it has approximately 1,058 students. The school was founded in 1904 and celebrated its centenary in 2004...
. A large room on the ground floor is used as a Lower Sixth common room
Common room
The phrase common room is used especially in British and Canadian English to describe a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at universities, colleges, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. It is generally connected to several...
, shared with Torquay Grammar School for Girls
Torquay Grammar School for Girls
Torquay Girls' Grammar School is a selective grammar school for girls aged 11–18, in Torquay, Devon, England. It became one of the first schools to achieve Humanities Specialist School status in September 2004, and is one of the first to offer the AQA Baccalaureate.-History:The school, which was...
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The building is also used to teach Psychology to students of both Torquay Boys' Grammar School and Torquay Grammar School for Girls Sixth Forms.
During the 1960s and 70s part of the Manor house itself was used as a high class private members nightclub.
it was bought by the Mathews Brothers and many live groups performed there including the Empty Vessels later to become Wishbone Ash. and it was very popular with the young yuppies who were beginning to arrive on the sceen. It ran until the early 90s when the Brothers dissolved the club empire they built.
The expansive stable blocks along with the front, side and back paddocks were run as the highly successful Shiphay Manor riding school by popular local characters Mr & Mrs Heggadon in the 1960s/70s.