Introduction
The site has a late-Georgian house set within 18th-century parkland. There are extensive formal and woodland gardens which were largely developed in the 1950s. There is also a traditional walled garden. The garden has occasional open days. Please telephone 01395 445894 for details.
Lee Ford is a small but handsome late-Georgian white stucco house in a delightful parkland setting on the approach to Budleigh Salterton. The centre of three bays has a colonnade of six Tuscan columns, flanked by one storey wings with urns on the corners. There is also a gate post with similar urns.
There are extensive formal and woodland gardens, largely developed in the 1950s, but recently much extended with mass displays of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas, including many rare varieties. There is also a traditional walled garden filled with fruit and vegetables, a herb garden, bog garden, rose garden, hydrangea collection and greenhouses. There is an ornamental conservatory and Adam pavilion.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- History
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Features & Designations
Designations
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: House
- Grade: II
Local Listing or Building of Local Importance
- Reference: Area of Great Landscape Value
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: Lee Ford is a small but handsome late-Georgian white stucco house in a delightful parkland setting on the approach to Budleigh Salterton.
- Planting
- Description: Traditional walled garden filled with fruit and vegetables.
- Planting
- Description: Herb garden.
- Planting
- Description: Bog garden.
- Rose Garden
- Greenhouse
- Conservatory
- Description: Ornamental conservatory.
- Pavilion
- Description: Adam pavilion.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Budleigh
- References
References
- Pevsner, N {The Buildings of England: Devon} (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952) The Buildings of England: Devon