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Latitude: 50.7485 / 50°44'54"N
Longitude: -3.9084 / 3°54'30"W
OS Eastings: 265461
OS Northings: 96060
OS Grid: SX654960
Mapcode National: GBR Q7.73T5
Mapcode Global: FRA 27P3.K4P
Plus Code: 9C2RP3XR+CJ
Entry Name: Walls and Summerhouse of Wood House North Garden
Listing Date: 4 March 1988
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1170691
English Heritage Legacy ID: 94978
ID on this website: 101170691
Location: Taw Green, West Devon, EX20
County: Devon
District: West Devon
Civil Parish: South Tawton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: South Tawton St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Wall Thatched building
SX 69 NE SOUTH TAWTON
1/181 Walls and summerhouse of Wood
House north garden
GV II*
Walls and summerhouse. 1899-1905 by Thomas Mawson. Granite rubble walls arranged
to look like crazy paving; granite ashlar detail and quoins; slate coping to walls
and thatch roof to the summerhouse. The lawn of the north garden are enclosed on 3
sides by high walls and is open on the south-east (towards the house), the right
side the back of a stable courtyard. The back wall curves back behind a small
summerhouse. It is circular in plan supported on monolithic granite front posts.
These are circular in a kind of classical style. There is a stone seat around the
back and it has a conical thatch roof. Either side are round-headed niches with
moulded eared architraves and there are 3 more on the left side. None now have
statues. Also a doorway through the back wall contains an original door.
This is part of an extensive landscaping scheme conceived by Mawson to go with the
rebuilding of Wood House (q.v.). It wa-s overlooked from the billiard room in the
house. Mawson himself considered the whole one of his major achievements.
Source: T H Mawson The Art and Craft of Garden Making, (5th edition) includes
copious notes and illustrations of Wood House.
Listing NGR: SX6546196060
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