Whiddon, Chagford

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]

Deer park wall at Whiddon, built of massive granite blocks by Sir John Whiddon (d.1576),[1]

Arms of Whiddon of Chagford: Argent, a chevron between three spearheads gules[2]

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]

References

1. Cherry & Pevsner, p. 251.
2. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895. p. 781, pedigree of Whiddon of Chagford.
3. "7 bedroom house for sale – Whiddon Park House, Chagford, Devon". rightmove. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
4. Cherry & Pevsner, p. 250.

Sources

• Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England: Devon. Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8.

Further reading

• Whiddon, Hayes L. Jr., The Whiddon Journey: From Medieval England to the New World, 2016, USA