Rockbeare Manor (Rockbeare House), Rag Lane, Rockbeare Devon,

Inherited in 1915 by Colonel Spencer Follett, the house was renovated Percy Morley Horder, who also introduced formal terraces, flower borders and lawns to the south and south-east of the house.

Rockbeare Manor, set in 106 acres of historic listed parkland is situated six miles east of Exeter.  The original manor house at Rockbeare was built in about 1760 for Sir John Duntze, a rich Exeter woollen merchant and banker, who added the Adam-style dining room in 1769. In 1815, he sold the house to his son, who had it substantially remodelled in the classic Regency style about 1820. In the 1920s, the Follett family had the south (garden wing) remodelled by Morley-Horder. who also introduced formal terraces, flower borders and lawns to the south and south-east of the house.

Reference    C. Hussey, 'Rockbeare Manor I, Country Life, 19 April 1930, pp. 570-576
Reference    C. Hussey, 'Rockbeare Manor II', Country Life, 3 May 1930, pp. 642-648.