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Explore Eggesford's fascinating heritage: Eggesford Garden (part of group opening with Eggesford Bar
Heritage Open Day: Visit Eggesford Garden (under restoration), 1 of 3 sites from Eggesford's historic Earls of Portsmouth estate (with Eggesford Barton & All Saints Church), all by the river Taw, with cakes/ refreshments & a new local history exhibition in the church. This year the original walled kitchen gardens of Eggesford House (the former garden centre), being beautifully restored before reopening, and Eggesford Barton's quadrangle farmstead join All Saints Church to represent the heritage of the vast aristocratic estate (at its peak over 16,000 acres) held by families of regional and national importance, such as the Reigneys, Chichesters and Fellowes, and later the Earls of Portsmouth.
Sunday 20 September
Eggesford Garden (former garden centre), Eggesford, Chulmleigh, Devon EX18 7QU
Sun 20 Sep:1100-1615; Free Entry.
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