A 1793 engraving of the house from "Angus's Views of Seats." By kind permission of a private collection.
The house and church from a 1918 postcard
House & Family History: In the 1950s Nettlecombe Court became home to St. Audries Junior School, a girls' boarding school. Since 1967 the house has served as the locus of the Leonard Wills Field Centre, a project of the nonprofit Field Studies Council. The word Nettelcumbe means "valley where the nettles grow."
Garden & Outbuildings: The house sits within a 200-park that is part of Exmoor National Park.
Architect: Samuel Heal
Date: 1787-88John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. I, p. 47, 1852.
Country Life: XXIII, 162, 1908.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 509
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Movie Locations: A Guide to Britain & Ireland
Author: Adams, Mark
Year Published: 2000
Reference: pg. 83
Publisher: London: Boxtree
ISBN: 0752271695
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Grade II
Past Seat / Home of: William De Mohun, 11th century. Hugh de Ralegh, 12th century. Sir George Trevilian, 1st Bt. (Trevelyan of Nettlecombe baronets), until 1671; Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Bt., 1671-1755; Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Bt., 1755-68; Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Bt., 1768-1828.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Other
Ownership Details: Nettlecombe is owned by the Wolsey family; since 1967 the estate has been leased to the Leonard Wills Field Centre for ecological study.
House Open to Public: By Appointment
Phone: 01743-852-100
Fax: 01743-852-101
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.field-studies-council.org
Historic Houses Member: No