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HER Number: | MDV112283 |
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Name: | Parkland and Gardens at Wembury House |
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Summary
Parkland and gardens at Wembury House, including a salt water lake.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 536 493 |
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Map Sheet: | SX54NW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Wembury |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | WEMBURY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LANDSCAPE PARK (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Map object based on this source.
Devon Gardens Trust, 1999, Devon Local Register, 146 (Un-published). SDV170167.
Devon Gardens Trust, 2013, Devon Gazetteer of Parks and Gardens of Local Interest (Reg/Local list of Historic Parks and Gdns). SDV354335.
Clark, J., 2013, Wembury House (Un-published). SDV358373.
In 1793 Swete passed by Wembury on his way from Plymouth to Modbury. It was then ‘the remains of that famous mansion which was built by Sir John Hele… a magnificent edifice which being situated on an advanced ground near the sea had not only a most delightful prospect but was enriched with every convenience’. He also noted that ‘without doors that there was a noble park, and contiguous to the sea an immense pond which was so constructed as to catch of itself and retain with its walls every sort of fish that frequented the coast’. White (1850) noted that Hele had ‘built here a magnificent mansion, at the cost of £20,000, and enclosed a park, which had a salt water lake, supplied by the tides.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Map object based on this source.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV170167 | Un-published: Devon Gardens Trust. 1999. Devon Local Register. Devon Local Register of Parks and Gardens of Local Historic Interest. A4 Stapled + Digital. 146. |
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SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV354335 | Reg/Local list of Historic Parks and Gdns: Devon Gardens Trust. 2013. Devon Gazetteer of Parks and Gardens of Local Interest. Historic Parks and Gardens - Register and Local List. Digital. |
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SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV358373 | Un-published: Clark, J.. 2013. Wembury House. Devon Local Register of Parks and Gardens of Local Historic Interest. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV1733 | Related to: Wembury House (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Apr 4 2019 4:59PM |
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