At the Sign of the Cavalier

"When leaving the town[of Ashburton] by West Street a house at the turn of the hill may be observed, bearing a date of the seventeenth century, and with a little figure of a man on horseback at the edge of the roof.  There are several such in Devon, and the figure is no child's toy, but in the troublous times of the Civil War this unpretentious little man, noticeable only if you were looking out for him, denoted that here only persons of Royalist sympathies would be welcomed.*

*For notes on these "ridge tiles" see The Western Antiquary  vol. I, page 115 et passim."

Cresswell 1921


Map - Ashburton