A 17thC house designed for Sir Ralph Bankes by Sir Roger Pratt altered by Sir Charles Barry in the 19thC. The house contains an outstanding collection of paintings, including works by Rubens, Titian, Van Dyck and Lely. The Spanish Room is in gilded leather with a gilded ceiling brought from the Contarini Palace in Venice. Fine collection of Egyptian artefacts. Two-hundred-and-fifty-acre wooded park, herd of Devon cattle.