Blachford Manor
Blachford Manor is a country house in Cornwood in Devon. It was the seat of the Rogers family.[1] It is owned by the financier Alexander Darwall. The house is at the centre of a 4,000 acre estate.[2]
It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.[3] It was originally constructed in the 16th-century, but extensively rebuilt in the 18th and early 19th-century.[1] The landscaped grounds were originally a deer park and were laid out in the 19th-century, with the lake being created in 1827 by James Green.[1]
The house has been noted by several antiquarians of Devon. In 1806 Richard Polwhele described Blachford as "well merits particular attention. Its situation is rather low and water too near the house but its extensive lawn and the groups of trees have a pleasing effect".[1] In 1850 William White describe the house as a "large substantial mansion, in a delightful situation, commanding fine views".[1] Frederick Stockdale wrote that it was "a spacious mansion-surrounded by an extensive demesne containing a variety of beautiful romantic scenes of an Alpine character".[1]
A dispute over access to the estate between the Dartmoor National Park Authority and Darwall reached the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in October 2024.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Blachford Park". Devon Gardens Trust. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor never existed, court hears". The Guardian. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ Historic England, "Blachford Park (1309689)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2024
- ^ "Dartmoor National Park Authority (Respondent) v Darwall and another (Appellants)". Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 October 2024.