Hall, Bishops Tawton
Stone mansion which predates the Domesday Book.
Bishops Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0ES
- Guide dogs welcome
- Accessible parking
- Wheelchair ramps/routes
- Accessible toilets
Hall, in Bishops Tawton, has been home to the Chichester Family since the early 14th century.
The house is approached up a mile-long wooded drive. The current Victorian house, a vernacular mansion in the 16th-century style, was built in the 1840s for Robert Chichester by Philip C. Hardwick. Hardwick produced a series of grand reception and family rooms with splendid views over the Taw valley and a staircase hall which forms the centre of the house.
Enjoy a tour of the ground floor of the house including the state rooms, plus a tour of the historic yard and ancillary buildings and the walled gardens.
Tours that are scheduled will be listed below. If none are scheduled yet, please check back later, or find other tours you might enjoy on our tours listing page here.
Groups are welcome and refreshments can be provided.
Please contact to arrange: enquiries@hallestate.co.uk
- Guide dogs welcome
- Accessible parking
- Wheelchair ramps/routes
- Accessible toilets
Getting here
Bishops Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0ES
5 miles south of Barnstaple , off the A377.
Nearest railway station is Barnstaple ( 6 miles away).
From Tiverton:
Take A361 to Barnstaple, then A377 through Bishops Tawton and about ¾ mile beyond take left turn signposted to Hall. DO NOT FOLLOW SAT NAV FROM THIS POINT. Follow this road for ½ mile to a lodge on your left. Proceed up the drive.
From Exeter:
Take A377 passing through Crediton and Umberleigh. ¾ mile before Bishops Tawton the road passes over a bridge. At the next bend turn right signposted to Hall. DO NOT FOLLOW SAT NAV FROM THIS POINT. Follow this road for ½ mile to a lodge on your left. Proceed up the drive.
The drive is too narrow for a full-size coach (32-seaters are OK).
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