Whiddon, Chagford
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Whiddon is an historic estate in the parish of Chagford in Devon, England. The manor house, now known as Whiddon Park House, survives as a remnant of the larger 16th-century mansion house of the Whiddon family.[1] The house displays the date 1649 inscribed above the inner doorway.[1] The manor house is now the property of the National Trust and is let for a nominal rent, but on a full repairing and insuring lease expiring on 17 January 2079.[3]
The deer park, which is bounded by a wall built of massive granite blocks at the entrance to the Teign Gorge, was built by Sir John Whiddon (died 1576),[1] a Justice of the King's Bench.[2] His monument survives in St Michael's Church, Chagford.[4]