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in 1747. In 1765 he purchased the estate of Stover which included a ruinous house known as
Stoford Lodge. Between 1776 and 1780 he built a new house, probably to his own design, on an elevated site about half a mile from the ruins. The house, named Stover House or Stover Lodge, was constructed of
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of Doric columns a curved double flight of balustraded stairs. The grand entrance gate to the estate has Doric columns and was probably built at the same time as the porte-cochere, to which it is similar in style. Today it is unused and stands at the side of the busy
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in 1792. In 1786, together with his two brothers, he rebuilt St Peter and St Paul's Church, the parish church of
Teigngrace, as a memorial to his parents, which contains many mural monuments to the Templer family. He married Mary Buller, the third daughter of
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for many years and in 1894 created a golf course on the Stover estate, now the Stover Golf Club. He was the
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