
View of the Hall from the east side which shows the square gatehouse tower on the left.
Sir Walter Giffard held the manor of Weare in the Torridge district of Devon and the manor subsequently took his name as its suffix, becoming Weare Giffard.
The Hall, or manor house, was the residence of Sir Walter and his wife Alice de St George in the 13th century.
[image copyright: Jane Sercombe Lewis]