Visit to Stover School and Park

Stover Park is a fine example of a Georgian designed landscape of the late eighteenth century with further nineteenth century additions. It sits on the edge of the Bovey Basin, an area rich in ball clay and other mineral deposits. To the west is Dartmoor, and to the east is the estuary of the River Teign and the open sea at Teignmouth. Three generations of the Templer family established the Park between 1765 and 1827, then ownership transferred to Edward Adolphus Seymour, the eleventh Duke of Somerset. Three generations of the Seymour family owned and embellished the estate but from the 1920s it was progressively broken up. The house has been the home of Stover School since 1932.  Our visit will include the opportunity to view the original landscape, both around the mansion and in the park and will be led by Laura Whitehouse, the Park Manager, and Peter Brook who has just published an account of various aspects of the landscape.  A cream tea will be provided by the school at the end of the afternoon.