Plympton House, Plymouth, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.  

An early 18th century garden forming the setting of a town house.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Plympton House stands to the north-east of the parish church and remains of Plympton Castle in the village of Plympton, some 5.5 kilometres east of Plymouth. The site occupies about 3.5 hectares and comprises formal gardens around the House, and is bounded by brick walls adjoining George Lane to the west, Longcause to the south, and the Ridgeway to the north, while to the east a field separates it from houses on Wain Park. The site rises gently to the north-east, while from the summit of the mount south-west of the House there are views down into the village, and particularly south-west across the remains of Plympton Castle and south to the church tower.

REFERENCES

T Risdon, The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon (1811), p 394

W White, History, Gazeteer and Directory of Devonshire (1850), p 556

Country Life, 74 (12 August 1933), pp 146-151

J Broking Rowe, A History of Plympton Earle (nd)

R Pearce Chope (ed), Early Tours in Devon and Cornwall (1967 edn), p 187

T Gray, The Garden History of Devon An Illustrated Guide to Sources (1995), pp 178-179

Maps

Tithe map for Plympton St Maurice parish, 1843 (Devon Record Office)

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1866

    2nd edition revised 1905, published 1906

Archival items

Treby family papers, including diaries and estate records are held at the West Devon Record Office (864).

Photograph c 1900 (West Country Studies Library)