Newnham Park
NEWNHAM PARK
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1309444
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Newnham Park
- Statutory Address:
- NEWNHAM PARK
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-09-15
- Reference:
- IOE01/12426/25
- Rights:
- © Mr David T Simkins. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1309444
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Newnham Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- NEWNHAM PARK
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NEWNHAM PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sparkwell
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 55560 57937
Details
SX 55 NE SPARKWELL NEWNHAM PARK 10/118 Newnham Park 20-3-60 II*
Large country house in landscaped park. Circa 1700 with reused C16 material in the basement. Said to have been built on the site of an earlier mansion. Stuccoed on granite ashlar basement with early C16 moulded stone window frames. Slate hipped roof with heavy modillion cornice. Square on plan with 5 bay elevations. Two storeys, attic and basement. South-west front 1:3:1 bays, centre 3 bays advanced slightly. Sash windows with glazing bars and moulded cills. Central doorway with Ionic pilasters, semi-circular traceried fanlight and panelled door, now enclosed in a circa 1900 park with 2 pairs of Ionic columns and entablature with balustrade. Three dormers on each side with alternating triangular and segmental pediments. Wooden cupola over centre. Lead rainwater heads and pipes on south-west front. Large round-headed stair window at rear. C19 bay window on north-west side and small C19 additions at rear (north-east). Plain rendered chimneystacks. Interior: Open well staircases with twisted balustered. Panelled rooms. It is said to contain C18 chinoiserie wallpaper. Newnham Park is the seat of the Strodes who moved from Old Newnham (qv). The present house is said to have been built on the site of Loughton from which C16 material is reused in the basement. Loughton was a Domesday manor and a mansion belonging to the Courteney family. Reference: W G Hoskins, "Devon - New Survey of England", page 463. N Pevsner, "Building of England, South Devon, page 210.
Listing NGR: SX5556057937
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 99225
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South Devon, (1952), 210
Hoskins, W G, A New Survey of England in Devon, (1972), 463
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 08-Jun-2026 at 15:29:11.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.