Description

SS 92 NE UPTON CP UPTON VILLAGE

Pepperpot Castle
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II

Shown on OS map as Haddon Lodge, Lodge to Lady Acland's drive now private dwellings.
Early C19, enlarged late C20 Rendered, probably over rubble, plinth, crenellated
parapet concealing probable flat roof, slate roofs to C20 additions, rendered
stack as extended merlon in southern corner. Triangular in plan, hexagonal
towers in corners, single storey porch on north front, stair in south turret,
colonettes to all arrises on original structure, C20 additions east and west
fronts. Castellated style. North front: 2 storeys, towers with attics indicated
by moulded string courses,blind lancets in towers, blind quatrefoil first
floor between towers, gabled single storey porch below, pointed arch window
with divided tracery entred on left return, plank door, pointed arch, half-glazed
inner door; lit first floor on east and west fronts with similar pointed arch
windows with divided tracery, C20 additions below; glazed lancet to stair in
south turret. An entertaining little building with sympathetic C20 additions.
This drive was built By Lady Harriet Acland during the long period of her
widowhood, 1778-1815, to connect Pixton Park (qv) Dulverton CP, where her daughter
the Countess of Carnarvon lived, with her own estates near Wiveliscombe.
(Rushbridge, Exmoor Review, 1974).

Listing NGR: SS9883128753

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540337

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House