Knightshayes Court is a Victorian country house near Tiverton, Devon, England, designed by William Burges for the Heathcoat-Amory family.
Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "an eloquent expression of High Victorian ideals in a country house of moderate size.
Nevertheless, Knightshayes Court remains the only example built of a medium-sized Burges country house, to the "standard" Victorian arrangement.
"[8] Of the few interior features that were fully executed, much was dismantled or covered over by Sir John and his successors, who followed the twentieth century distaste for Victorian architecture, and for the work of Burges in particular.
Writing at the time of the acquisition, the then Secretary, Robin Fedden, wrote; "the house was built by an architect called Burgess (sic).
[10] In a number of instances, the Trust has brought in Burges-designed furniture from other locations, including a bookcase from The Tower House, now in the Great Hall, and a marble fireplace in the Drawing Room, from Burges's redecoration of Worcester College, Oxford.
[10] Sir John and Lady Heathcoat-Amory undertook much work in the gardens for which they were both awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour.
Other features include the extensive topiary, specimen trees, rare shrubs and the stables and walled kitchen garden, also by Burges.