The house at Orchard Portman almost certainly built by Sir William Portman (d. 1557) and demolished by the first Viscount Portman in the 19th century. Source: R. A. Sixsmith - Staple Fitzpaine and the Forest of Neroche, (1958) Loaned by Rev. Michael Pragnell, March 2001 Photograph by R. C. Sansome.