15-948: Warren House may refer to: United Kingdom [ edit ] Warren House Inn , Dartmoor, Devon, England Warren House Colliery , Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, England United States [ edit ] Russell Warren House , San Francisco, California, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in California White-Warren Tenant House , Sandtown, Delaware, NRHP-listed Edward Kirk Warren House and Garage , Evanston, Illinois, NRHP-listed Warren House Hotel or Old Stone Hotel , Warren, Illinois, NRHP-listed Williams-Warren-Zimmerman House , Terre Haute, Indiana, NRHP-listed Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block , Greenfield, Iowa, NRHP-listed McMullin-Warren House , Sebree, Kentucky, listed on
30-400: A flock of sheep, after consuming copious quantities of cider. The following morning he discovered that the "flock" that he had been shown by the locals that night was actually the prehistoric stone circles of Grey Wethers . The fire in the hearth, it is rumoured, has never been allowed to go out and has itself become part of the folklore of the inn. It is said that when the inn was rebuilt,
45-426: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Warren House Inn The Warren House Inn is a remote and isolated public house in the heart of Dartmoor , Devon , England. It is the highest pub in southern England at 1,425 feet (434 m) above sea level . It is located on an ancient road across the moor, about 2 miles (3 km) north east of
60-415: Is said to have stayed there overnight and found a body in a chest in his room. When he mentioned this to the landlord, he was told: "'tis only fayther! … the snaw being so thick, and making the roads so cledgey-like, when old fayther died, two weeks agon, we couldn't carry un to Tavistock to bury un; and so mother put un in the old box, and salted un in…" Another relates to a visitor who was persuaded to buy
75-632: The National Register of Historic Places since May 23, 1980. The house was purchased in January 2023 by a couple who love old houses. The Mansion had fallen on hard times, this grand home was in need of restoration. An eleven-month extensive restoration project was completed in December 2023. The property is once again a credit to the Historical homes of Terrel, Texas and the state. This article about
90-756: The NRHP Stephen Warren House , Hartland, Wisconsin, listed on the NRHP Nagle-Warren Mansion , Cheyenne, Wyoming, NRHP-listed Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Warren House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warren_House&oldid=906572833 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
105-1166: The NRHP in Kentucky Robert Penn Warren House , Prairieville, Louisiana, NRHP-listed Warren House (Franklinton, Louisiana) , listed on the NRHP in Louisiana David Warren House , Hartford, Maine, NRHP-listed Warren, Frederick Fiske and Gretchen Osgood, House , Harvard, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Beck-Warren House , Cambridge, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Langford H. Warren House , Cambridge, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Dr. Samuel Warren House , Newton, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Clifford-Warren House , Plymouth, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed H. Warren House , Somerville, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Nathan Warren House , Waltham, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Jonah Warren House , Westborough, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Warren, William, Two Rivers House Site and McDougall, Peter, Farmstead , Royalton, Minnesota, listed on
120-767: The NRHP in Minnesota Warren-Erwin House , Washington, Mississippi, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi Warren-Guild-Simmons House , Jackson, Mississippi, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi Warren's Opera House , Friend, Nebraska listed on the NRHP in Nebraska Warren House and Warren's Store , Prospect Hill, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP Moses Warren House , Shaker Heights, Ohio, listed on
135-678: The NRHP in Ohio Frank M. Warren House , Portland, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Oregon Daniel Knight Warren House , Warrenton, Oregon, NRHP-listed Marcus Warren House , Louisville, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP Warren-Crowell House , Terrell, Texas, listed on the NRHP Gordon-Baughan-Warren House , Richmond, Virginia, NRHP-listed Warren House (Surry, Virginia) , listed on
150-571: The glowing embers of the fire were carried across the road on a shovel to the new hearth. 50°36′47″N 3°52′30″W / 50.61306°N 3.87500°W / 50.61306; -3.87500 Warren-Crowell House The Warren-Crowell House is a historic house in Terrell, Texas , U.S.. It was designed in the Prairie School style with a Colonial Revival porch by architect James E. Flanders , and completed in 1903. It has been listed on
165-402: The moor when a crowd of miners helped themselves to his liquor; and on another occasion two miners got into a fight with a fatal result for one of them, but the survivor was let off with three weeks' imprisonment mostly on Coaker's evidence because he was able to show gross provocation. The Inn is the subject of much folklore, probably exaggerated over the generations. For example, one traveller
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#1732858517763180-459: The village of Postbridge and has been a stopping point for travellers since the middle of the 18th century. In 1905 Robert Burnard wrote: "When packhorses were used on the Moreton track, New House, or as it is now called, Warren House Inn, was on the right side of the road proceeding from Postbridge towards Moreton, and it is so shown on Donne's map. This old building was burnt down some years ago and
195-482: Was owned by William Honey of Tavistock and the host was William Warne. Not long after, Jonas Coaker, the self-styled Dartmoor Poet who was born in Postbridge in 1801, became landlord and it was probably he who renamed the inn. In his day the inn was frequented by miners from the nearby Vitifer and Golden Dagger tin mines . Coaker later recounted two incidents that took place while he was landlord: in one he had to take to
210-431: Was probably built in the middle of the 18th century, certainly well before the turnpike road was created in 1792. There must have been sufficient packhorse and foot traffic because some time afterwards a small rabbit warren was established nearby to allow the inn to serve rabbit-pie with scrumpy. The earliest landlord recorded is William Tapper, in 1786. The newly rebuilt inn was first named The Moreton Inn and in 1850 it
225-409: Was rebuilt in 1845 by J. Wills on the other side of the present road, here it occupies the site of the ancient packhorse way." Here is cider and beer, Your hearts for to cheer. And if you want meat To make up a treat, There are rabbits to eat. —Inn sign in about 1831. As Burnard said, the current building dates from 1845, but the original inn on the southern side of the packhorse track
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