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Summary

Wood House is a country house constructed circa 1899-1905 on the site of an older house and designed by Daniel Gibson for William Lethbridge. The house is surrounded by formal gardens and parkland designed and landscaped by Mawson and encompass an area of approximate 12 hectares. The house is now a country hotel.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (I) 1000485: WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1305916: GATE POSTS AND GATES APPROXIMATELY 350 METRES SOUTH WEST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1305935: BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 130 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1326114: SUMMERHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 120 METRES SOUTH WEST OF WOOD HOUSE SUMMERHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 120 METRES SOUTH-WEST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1326115: WOOD HOUSE LODGE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106023: WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106024: TERRACE WALLS GAZEBOS STEPS POND AND STATUE ADJOINING SOUTH-EAST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106025: GATE POSTS ADJOINING NORTH WEST OF WOOD HOUSE WOODSHEDS
• Listed Building (II) 1106026: KITCHEN GARDEN WALLS IMMEDIATELY NORTH EAST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106027: STEPS AND TERRACE WALLS AROUND TENNIS LAWN SOUTH WEST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106028: BOWLING GREEN PAVILION APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES SOUTH OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106029: GATE POSTS AND GATE APPROXIMATELY 140 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1106030: SUMMERHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 250 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WOOD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II*) 1170691: WALLS AND SUMMERHOUSE OF WOOD HOUSE NORTH GARDEN
• Listed Building (II*) 1170704: SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 110 METRES SOUTH OF WOOD HOUSE
• Registered Park or Garden (I) 1000485: WOOD HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69NE/13/1
• Old Registered Parks and Gardens Ref (I)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GARDEN (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243462.

Hhr/register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in england (devon)/(september 1987).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243463.

Beard, g. /thomas h. Mawson/(1976)66-67.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243464.

Mawson, t. H. /the art and craft of garden making/5th ed(1929)42,44,78,89,393.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243465.

Mawson, t. H. /the life and work of an english landscape architect/(1927)46,69.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243466.

Des=strutt + parker/wood, south tawton, okehampton/(1999)/sales particulars in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243467.

Hhr: register of parks + gardens of special historic interest in england (devon)/(august 2003).

STRUTT + PARKER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243589.

Gardens on several levels with local granite rubble retaining walls. Main area of formal garden to se of the house including paved terrace, croquet, bowling + tennis lawns, loggia, lily pond + the peacock house with niches for statues. Less formal areas include woodland, lake with island, stream + summer house (strutt + parker).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5600.

Wood house has early 20th century formal garden and parkland, designed and landscaped by mawson, 12ha. Wood house begun on site of older house 1900, walled kitchen garden 50m to se. The ground slopes down to south and south east. With rising ground to west and southwest. Woodland to se. Mainly open parkland to sw and south. Rectangular lawn enclosed by clipped yew hedges and ending with circular pool and central sculpture, flanked by twin gazebos to left and right. Steps down between piers to lower circle of lawn, overlooking lawn and informal parkland. Lake 150m beyond with bridge over stream and thatched summerhouse. Terraced ground. Path to south, extending to approach drive. Stands of mature trees round most parts of these formal features and informal and 'natural' parkland beyond to south and west (hhr).

Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.

The transcriptions correspond to the grid reference for PRN166609.

Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN166609 (Interpretation). SDV358473.

Wood House. A country house, now a hotel, constructed circa 1899-1905 on the site of an older house. The house was designed by Daniel Gibson for William Lethbridge, it is basically H-shaped in plan, Arts and Crafts Style in Tudor with some Voyseyesque
touches. It forms the centrepiece of a landscaped garden. The house and grounds are visible on aerial photographs (p1), the extent of the estate was digitally plotted during the National Mapping Programme.
Photograph reference:
1. RAF 3GTUD/UK138 PARTIV 5321-2 11-APR-1946

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme

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