Designation:
All on Devon Local List
Period/Century:
- C18
Post Code:
PL7 5DA
Parish:
Sparkwell
Local Authority:
South Hams
OS Grid Ref:
SX 577 574
Map no.:
Landranger 202
Description:
Country house in a small landscaped park.
A large, irregular stuccoed house, the core built in 1779 but enlarged in the C19. It was built for Richard Rosdew and later owned by John Colborne, the first Lord Seaton the first Governor-General of Canada. The late C18 landscaped park survives.
Listed Buildings
Beechwood House, stables and courtyard walls 80m.N listed Grade II.
References
Cherry & Pevsner: The Buildings of England – Devon, 1989: 756
T Gray: The Garden History of Devon, 1995: 40
