Garden And Deepark Walls, Including Gate, To Lower Blagdon House

The garden and deerpark walls, including the gate, at Lower Blagdon House are likely from the 18th century or early 19th century. They are constructed of local purple and grey stone rubble and form tall walls, over 3 meters high, that enclose a walled garden to the south of Lower Blagdon House and front onto Lower Blagdon Lane. The walls feature a pair of attractive 19th-century timber gates, which are panelled below the middle rail with vertical timber above and a scalloped top rail, complete with spear-head terminals on the finials.

The deerpark walls surround a large field to the north and west of the house, creating an entrance courtyard to the west. Notably, the walls to the north of the entrance courtyard have distinctive battlementing with deep merlons, eight of which are hollow and have small entrances on the courtyard side, possibly serving as pigeon holes as well as for decoration. There is a two-centred archway leading from the entrance courtyard to the deerpark. The walled garden to the south of the house has a gateway from Lower Blagdon Lane with a pair of slatted timber gates. These walls were designed to enclose a deerpark that was used in conjunction with the deerpark at Berry Pomeroy Castle, according to the owner, whose family built the walls. They are significant to the setting of Lower Blagdon House, which is a well-preserved 18th-century gentry house, enclosing a unique example of a late deerpark.