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The grade I Appuldurcombe House, which is now a ruin, lies within a grade
II Registered park. The house is of national significance as an example
of the short-lived English Baroque. The park still contains many features
of a late eighteenth-century landscape park some of which are credited
to Capability Brown.
ACTA prepared conservation plans for the house and park. This was followed
by a management plan for the outer park, which formed the basis for a
successful Countryside Stewardship application and a management plan for
the area around the house, which is in English Heritage guardianship.
Working with The Tourism Company, a strategy was established for developing
the falconry centre within the park which maintained and enhanced visitor
access to the house and park.
Other examples of Conservation plans:
Upper Heyford
Scotney Castle
Cobham Park
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The
house is one of the best examples of English Baroque attributed
to John James. ACTA identified elements of the unfinished house
that were incorporated into later rebuilding, retaining a partial
Baroque character
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Freemantle
Gate, which may have been designed by James Wyatt, was the focal
point on a two-mile long drive and has many of the Neo-classical
features associated with the rebuilding of the house
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The
downs above the house were quarried for greensand in the middle
ages. Some of the quarry workings were modified as landscape features
and viewpoints in the eighteenth century
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The
eighteenth-century house became popular with visitors to the Isle
of Wight and their descriptions helped in understanding the contemporary
house and park
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Arable
reversion was one of the central policies of the conservation plan
and this has helped to blend the park back into its setting
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