Brief Description
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.
History
The house has been owned by the Huyshe family since 1560. Much of the garden was laid out around 1911.
Visitor Facilities
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/- 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.
- Summerhouse
- Description: Edwardian summerhouse.
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- Access & Directions
Access 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.
- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Sidmouth
- History
Detailed 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)
- Contact
Telephone
020 7259 5688Official Website
Click HereOther websites
- http://www.hha.org.uk/HHA/Property.aspx?id=1081&rg=&co=-1&tp=0&pd=-1&me=&mn=&mr=10&vw=0&st=n&nm=Sand
- http://www.sandsidbury.co.uk/
Owners
The Huyshe family
- 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) 199-200The Garden History of Devon