Whiddon, Chagford

Whiddon is an historic estate in the parish of Chagford in Devon, England.

[1] The house displays the date 1649 inscribed above the inner doorway.

[1] The manor house is now the property of the National Trust and is let for a nominal rent, but on a full repairing and insuring lease expiring on 17 January 2079.

[3] The deer park, which is bounded by a wall built of massive granite blocks at the entrance to the Teign Gorge, was built by Sir John Whiddon (died 1576),[1] a Justice of the King's Bench.

[2] His monument survives in St Michael's Church, Chagford.