Introduction
Sand is a small stone Tudor house with Elizabethan (1590) and early-20th century additions and alterations. Features include mature trees, woodland walks, a terrace and an Elizabethan stone summerhouse.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
020 7259 5688Access contact details
The gardens are open on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays between April and September. The house has occasional open days. Please telephone 01395 597230 for details or see: http://www.sandsidbury.co.uk/
Directions
The site is half a mile outside Sidbury, from where it is well sign-posted.
Owners
The Huyshe family
- History
Sand is a small stone Tudor house with Elizabethan (1590) and early-20th century additions and alterations. The site has been owned by the Huyshe family since 1560. There is a 15th-century hall house and thatched garden house dating from around 1600 in the grounds.
The Elizabethan garden was laid out by John Capel but contracted during farm tenancy between 1730 and 1908. The garden was extended in 1908 by Rowland Huyshe and re-landscaped by Mary Sheldon. The garden was further extended by Pat and Margaret Huyshe in 1970.
Period
Early 20th Century (1901-1932)
- Features & Designations
Designations
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: House
- Grade: II*
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Sand Lodge
- Grade: II*
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: Sand is a small stone Tudor house with Elizabethan (1590) and early-20th century additions and alterations.
- Summerhouse
- Description: Thatched summerhouse.
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- Walk
- Description: Woodland walks.
- Lawn
- Mixed Border
- Terrace
- Summerhouse
- Description: Edwardian summerhouse.
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- Kitchen Garden
- Kitchen Garden
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental Garden
Principal Building
Manor House
Period
Early 20th Century (1901-1932)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Sidmouth
- References
References
- Pevsner, N {The Buildings of England: Devon} (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952) The Buildings of England: Devon
- Gray, Todd {The Garden History of Devon} (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1995) 199-200 The Garden History of Devon