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Powderham Castle, 1745 engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel Buck. Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Exeter and 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. [2] It is a Grade I listed building.
South (garden) facade of Castle Howard Broughton Castle across the moat. Historic Houses (formerly, and still for legal purposes, known as the Historic Houses Association or HHA) is a not-for-profit organisation that represents well over a thousand independently owned historic country houses, castles and gardens throughout the United Kingdom.
The following properties and districts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the city and town of Poughkeepsie, New York, including the hamlet of New Hamburg. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by ...
The property came into the possession of the Courtenays of Powderham Castle. In 1604 it passed to Thomas Clifford, grandson of the widow of Piers Courtnay. [1] It has been the seat of the Clifford family for over four hundred years, and the owners have held the title Baron Clifford of Chudleigh since 1672. European White Elm at Ugbrooke, 1908
William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (c. 1768 – 26 May 1835), styled Viscount Courtenay of Powderham from 1788 to 1831, was an English peer. The only son of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack, he became involved in a scandal after engaging in an affair with art collector William Thomas Beckford from boyhood ...
Dyrham Park was one of the houses used as a filming location for the 1993 Merchant Ivory film The Remains of the Day (others included Badminton House and Powderham Castle). [42] The house was used for outdoor and garden scenes in the 1999 BBC mini-series Wives and Daughters. [43] In 2003, it was the filming location for the BBC One series ...
The Belvedere in Powderham Castle Park Powderham: Estate Cottage: 1771-1774: 11 November 1952 1306164: The Belvedere in Powderham Castle ...
William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, sculpted by Edward Bowring Stephens (1815–1882), Northernhay Gardens, Exeter. William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon PC (14 April 1807 – 18 November 1888), styled Lord Courtenay between 1835 and 1859, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1866 to 1867 and as President of the Poor Law Board ...