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adding during the development phase in the early 1840s. The original entrance to the house was on its eastern side. The eastern side also features 9 bays with glazing bar sashes and heavy stone surrounds with the protruding central 5th bay emblazoned with arms of Sir Brook
Bridges in 1842. To the northern side there are 2 storeys with an attic with plinth, plat band and parapet to hipped roof, with 3 pedimented dormers and rear stack. On both the northern and southern side of the house is a large pilaster strip buttress and shallow canted bay.
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red and blue brick palladian house, enlisted on 13 October 1952. The original house, as built in 1704, was a two-storey building. However, significant alterations were made around 1790 when a 3rd floor was added with plinth, plat band and cornice to the hipped roof with stacks to left and to right.
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Bridges family) from Mary Mildmay, sister of the 17th Baron. Although the claim was not accepted; his son, Henry FitzWalter Plumptre, did manage to prove senior descent, succeeding to the title as 20th Lord FitzWalter in 1924. As he died childless, he was succeeded
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After the death of the 6th baronet in 1890, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by a cousin, and after the death of the 8th baronet in 1899, the line became extinct. The
Goodnestone estate passed to the family of the sister of the 6th baronet, Eleanor Bridges, who had married the Reverend Henry
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The park is famous for its sprawling gardens which cover an area of approximately 15 acres (61,000 m) around the house. The gardens are considered to be one of the finest in the southeast of
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permits the growth of rhododendrons and other ericaceous plants. Today the gardens are maintained by Paul
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in the garden was planted to celebrate the millennium and the gravel garden was planted in 2003. Beyond this is a Golden
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