The manor house has an adjoining cluster of privately owned homes and holiday homes, a caravan site and a campsite. The manor house itself is Grade II listed and made of stone, cob and thatch construction, with origins dating back to the 17th century. The first recorded written reference to Putsborough is from 1313; however there is mention in
Domesday Book to a sister of Ordulf (a Saxon lord who held the manor of Georgeham and Croyde, amongst others in Devon) who tried to found her own separate manor – possibly Putsborough. The hamlet is a conservation area in the
North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The
South West Coast Path runs past it between Woolacombe and Croyde and around
Baggy Point with views towards Lundy Island and the coast of south Wales. ==Beach==