Devon Views 1 - Silverton Park Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/18/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The great house known as Silverton Park once stood in what is now the field in front of you, and was built for the 4th Earl of Egremont between 1839-45.
Put out at inheriting the title but not the great family seat at Petworth, he determined to build a mansion to rival Petworth. The architect James Thomas Knowles Senior designed a huge house with 187 rooms, 150 cellars and 130 marble mantelpieces occupying an acre of ground. But the Earl died in 1845, the interior was never fully completed, and after only 50 years it was totally demolished with explosives and the ruins left to nature.

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Only the unfinished stable block remains, and can be seen across the valley to the north west.

the stables

The scale of all the buildings at this great house was huge, and the stables are no exception. They were built in monumental style with a huge gateway and four pediments. The exterior was originally intended to be rendered in a ‘Patent Metallic Cement’.

stables

The stables are now being converted for use by the Landmark Trust.

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