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| HER Number: | MDV10342 |
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| Name: | Former Escot House |
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Summary
The former Escot House was designed by Robert Hooke in 1677-8 for Sir Walter Yonge, subsequently altered by James Wyettt in circa 1795 and destroyed by fire in 1808.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 082 981 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY09NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Talaton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TALATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09NE/16/7
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOUSE (XVII to XIX - 1677 AD to 1808 AD (Between))
Full description
Unknown, Unknown (Migrated Record). SDV1416.
Illustrations by swete (dro).
DYMOND, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV23630.
Escot. House and contents destroyed by fire, 27th december 1808 (dymond).
Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV326763.
Designed by robert hooke in 1677-8 for sir walter yonge, altered by james wyett in c.1795, destroyed by fire in 1808 (doe).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV335.
Escot (estcote) was first recorded in 1227 (hoskins).
GALLANT, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV943.
Escot house had a good view of the park that lay behind the house in c18 (gallant).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102823.
Dymond, r. /tda/17(1885)177/6th report of the committee on works of art in devonshire.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102824.
Osa=sy09ne16.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102825.
Hoskins, w. G. /devon/(1954)484.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102826.
Polwhele, r. /history of devon/3(1806)271.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102827.
Dro/564m/9/7(illustrations by swete).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102828.
Doe/hhr:talaton(24/10/1988)138.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102829.
Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england:devon/(1989)356.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102830.
Cherry, b. /pdas/46(1988)107-110/the devon country house in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries/plates 15,16.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102831.
Campbell, c. /vitruvius britannicus/(1715-25).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102832.
Batten, m. /walpole society/35(1936-7)/the architecture of robert hooke.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102833.
Calvin, h. M. /a biographical dictionary of british architects 1600-1840/(1978).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102834.
Des=longstaffe-gowan, t. /report on the history of the grounds of escot house (1991)/unpublished report by arcturns/copy in parish file.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102835.
Des=gallant, l. /deer parks/(1986)/manuscript in smr.
Cherry, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109648.
Built on a new site, with a compact but complex plan. Of brick with stone dressings, with an elaborate elevation. Included in vitruvius britannicus.(cherry).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV102823 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102824 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102825 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102826 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102827 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102828 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102829 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102830 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102831 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102832 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102833 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102834 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV102835 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV109648 | Migrated Record: Cherry, B.. |
| SDV1416 | Migrated Record: Unknown. Unknown. Devon Record Office Collection. Unknown. |
| SDV23630 | Migrated Record: DYMOND. |
| SDV326763 | Migrated Record: Department of Environment. |
| SDV335 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV943 | Migrated Record: GALLANT. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV44295 | Related to: Escot Park (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 27 2014 10:23AM |
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