Sandridge Park

Sandridge, on high ground at the head of the River Dart estuary, was held by the Sandridges under the Bishop of Exeter in Henry II's reign. Captain John Davis, the great Elizabethan navigator and explorer, was probably born at Sandridge Barton, the manor farm, in 1543. The Nash house took the place of the former house, which belonged to the descendants of Sir Thomas Pomeroy until the eighteenth century.^[5] The house and estate came into the Gilbert family of Compton Castle, Devon, descendants of Sir Humphrey Gilbert (half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh), via the marriage of Humphrey Gilbert (died 1715) to Joan, daughter of Roger Pomeroy. Their son John Gilbert and grandson Pomeroy Gilbert owned the Sandridge house and estate with Pomeroy (died 1770) the owner in 1763; it was unoccupied in 1951, "the park ragged and decaying".^[6] Restoration included preservation of the existing fabric and the addition of pergolas to the east and west of the existing building. The work was awarded the Highly Commended, Single Dwelling Category Architect of the Year Awards 2006.^[7]

• Howard Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 3rd ed. 1995: "John Nash"
• Devon County Council: Stoke Gabriel

50°23′50″N 3°36′19″W / 50.3971°N 3.6054°W / 50.3971; -3.6054