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Widdicombe House

Statutory Designation: 

House is listed Grade II*; stables 270m. to north west listed Grade II.

District: 
South Hams
Parish: 
Stokenham
Type of site: 
C18 parkland
Conservation Area: 
No
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: 
No
Area of Great Landscape Value: 
No
Nature Conservation Zone: 
Yes
Coastal Preservation Area: 
No
National Park: 
No
Scheduled: 
No
Evidence: 
MapView plan, scale 1:2500 Ordnance Survey 2nd edition, 1907, scale 6” (WCSL sheet 137NW) Getmapping aerial photograph 1:250 Historic Maps c1880 scale 1:2500
References: 
Cherry & Pevsner: The Buildings of England – Devon, 1989: 766 S Pugsley: Devon Gardens – An Historical Survey, 1994: 12 T Gray: The Garden History of Devon, 1995: 236-37 D Stroud: Capability Brown, 1975: 244 D&S Lysons: Magna Britannia – Devon, 1822, II: 463
Status: 
on Devon Gazetteer