Nutwell Court, Woodbury
Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
Name | Nutwell Court, Woodbury |
Alternative Names | Nuteville; Notewella; Nutewella |
Historic Country | Devonshire |
Modern Authority | Devon |
1974 Authority | Devon |
Civil Parish | Woodbury |
Nutwell Court is said to have been strong house similar to Powderham. The manor belonged to the Dinhams; of their late medieval house parts of the chapel remain (there is a record of a licence for the chapel in 1371, but there appears to have been a chapel here in the early C14, a date that accords well with the style of the remaining glass); the house was rebuilt by Lord Dinham (later Henry VII's Treasurer) in the 1480s; this in turn was drastically remodelled in the 1750s by Sir Francis Drake who demolished the gatehouse at great expense and converted the chapel into a library thereby destroying part of the medieval roof. The house was largely rebuilt for the 2nd Lord Northcote in 1802 to plans by Samuel Pepys Cockerell. A major restoration was undertaken in the 1940s by George Northcott. The chapel is of sandstone ashlar. (Derived from Listed Building report)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law
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OS Map Grid Reference | SX987850 |
Latitude | 50.6561317443848 |
Longitude | -3.43341994285584 |
Eastings | 298770 |
Northings | 85000 |