The Manor House is thought to date from the 11th century and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The earliest record of it was in the possession of Sir Henry Champernon, who was Lord of the Manor of Ilfracombe in 1162. The Manor remained in the possession of the Champernon family until the 15th century when it passed through the families of Polglass, Herles and Bonville to the Duke of Suffolk and by his attainder to the Crown. Legend has it that Chambercombe Manor is said to be haunted, and the famous Haunted Room adjoins that used by Lady Jane Grey. It is said that the tenant in 1865 was making some repairs to the roof when he discovered the outline of a window for which he could not find a room corresponding. Investigation led to the finding of a chamber between Lady Jane Grey’s room and the one adjoining, in which on the remains of a handsome bedstead lay the skeleton of a woman. She was supposed to be a titled lady visiting relatives at Chambercombe who was shipwrecked in a storm on the rocks at Hele. She was found and brought to the Manor and placed into the room where she later died. The jewellery she was wearing was taken by the occupants of the Manor and the room sealed off from the outside world. The room has no entrance to it now, but a section of the partition has been removed and one is able to see into the chamber.