page_title: Burnville House, Brentor
section_title: Later residents
hierarchical_section_title: Burnville House, Brentor / Later residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Burnville House, Brentor 1883
context_page_description: Burnville House in Brentor, West Devon, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1800, possibly by William Sleman, who was a wealthy landowner and described as "a gentleman". It was the home of several notable families over the next two centuries. Today it provides bed and breakfast accommodation and has self-catering cottages.
context_section_description: Mary Ann Ward (1820-1893) was the widow of Daniel Ward who owned a property called Uppaton in Milton Abbot. He was a land surveyor and farmer. He died in 1861 and Mary Ann continued living at Uppaton and running it as a farm. She is shown in the 1871 Census at Uppaton with her three sons John, Frank and Daniel and her daughter Mary Northway Ward. In the 1881 Census she is living at Burnville and operating it as a farm of 278 acres. She is with her son Frank who is now a surveyor and auctioneer.
  Frank Ward (1850-1928) was born in 1850 in Tavistock. He went into partnership with John Chowen to form the very successful firm of Ward & Chowen who were auctioneers in Tavistock. In 1911 Frank was the star in what has been described as “the sale of the century” when the lands and properties in the town belonging to the Eleventh Duke of Bedford were sold.<refOkehampton Times, 23 June 2011. > Online reference</ref> 
  In 1892 he married Mary Harvey (1846-1930) from Portland Villas in Plymouth. His mother Mary Ann died in the following year in 1893 and Frank and his new bride took up residence at Burnville. Besides being an auctioneer Frank devoted much of his leisure time to cattle breeding and he won many awards. He was also a county counsellor and Justice of the Peace. The couple had no children. Frank died in 1928 and left his properties to his wife Mary. When she died in 1930 their properties were left to various relatives. Burnville was inherited by their nephew Frank Ward (1892-1969).
  Frank Ward (1892-1969) was born in Tavistock Devon. His father was Daniel Ward and his mother was Mary Eliza Willion. In 1918 he married Mary Abbott Green (1896-1988), daughter of Daniel Abbott Green of Fingringhoe Hall. They lived there until the 1950s. By 1957 John L Bodman owned the property.
caption: Map Burnville in 1883
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