User:OldVicarageTalland

Introduction:

All that remains of the earliest Vicarage are the cobbled cellars, which lie underneath part of the earlier Victorian section of the house. The oldest standing section is Georgian, which links into the first of two Victorian extensions. A collection of outbuildings, including a one-time piggery, hay-loft, garage and schoolroom. There is a high wall running the length of the garden, with a gate leading directly into the churchyard. Turning towards the sea the land rises over a windy ridge, from which Talland Bay is then clearly visible.

Residents of Note:

Infamous Reverends Reverend Richard Doidge, vicar during the early 18th century: reputed to be a highly skilled exorcist, though more likely the driving of evil spirits was more literally moving contraband from the bay to be stored in the Vicarage’s cobbled cellar.

Reverend Thomas Whitemore, “vicar” around 1812: actively conducted services and looked after the poor. However, once his drafts at Zephaniah Job’s bank in Polperro were dishonoured he fled taking valuables from the Vicarage. Months later he was identified as a well-known forger, Robert Peacock.

Distinguished Royal Marine Lieutenant Colonel Charles Frederic Jerram CMG, DSO, RM'': a distinguished Royal Marine office who served in both World Wars. The Jerram family moved to the Vicarage in 1890 and stayed a number of years.