Tetton, Kingston St Mary

Tetton is an historic estate in the parish of Kingston St Mary in the English county of Somerset.

The present grade II* listed Tetton House dates from 1790 and was enlarged and mainly rebuilt in 1924–6 by Hon.

Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet (c. 1591 – 1647) moved his residence from Acland to Columb John, near Exeter, the former seat of his great-uncle Sir John Acland (died 1620), and soon after the family moved again to the adjoining estate of Killerton where they built a grand country house, today the property of the National Trust.

In the late 19th century the gate piers and walls from Tetton were moved to Cothelstone Manor.

[citation needed] The south front has a colonnade, of fluted Doric columns, onto a courtyard around which the house is built.

Tetton House
Monumental brass of Thomas Dyke (1591–1672) of Tetton, in the Tetton Pew of Kingston St Mary Church
Monumental brass of Thomas Dyke (1613–1689) of Tetton, in the Tetton Pew of Kingston St Mary Church
Arms of Acland: Chequy argent and sable, a fesse gules
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet (1723–1785) painted in 1767 by Sir Joshua Reynolds . Two identical versions exist, both owned by the National Trust , one at Saltram House , the other at Killerton House , both in Devon
Arms of Herbert: Per pale azure and gules, three lions rampant argent