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SALTRAM HOUSE, one of Britain's best-preserved Georgian houses.

The name of the estate originates from the salt harvested from the nearby estuary which was a vital commodity in the Middle Ages. It was on this that the owners built their fortune and a Georgian mansion house that was transferred to the National Trust in 1957 in lieu of death duties. Sir James Bagge bought the farm at Saltram in 1614 and it passed to his son, also called James in 1624. When he died in 1638 most of his property was seized by the throne but Saltram passed to his son George. George Bagge found himself on the losing side at the end of the Civil War in 1651. He was told to pay the Commonwealth Government £582 or forfeit the estate. After the restoration of Charles II, the estate was handed to Sir George Carteret in 1661 as a reward for loaning the King a very large sum of money during the Civil War. In 1712 Saltram was bought by George Parker who let the house to tenants and left the house to his son, John on his death in 1743. The law of Common Recovery was used to change Saltram from a lease to absolute ownership and so the Parkers transformed the grade I listed Stuart manor to a Georgian mansion. This took place from the year 1743 onwards. The Parkers were an ambitious family who made money, married into money and spent money. John Parker married Lady Catherine Poulett daughter of Earl Poulett and brought with her a small fortune. Catherine had artistic connections with various artists of London. It was this London connection and her close relationship with Sir Joshua Reynolds, born in the nearby parish of Plympton, that allowed the Parkers to collect works for their estate. Catherine was responsible for creating much of what we see now. The Parkers commissioned a design from architect William Kent but didn't like the idea of its grand scale. So instead they employed a West Country architect to make more modest changes to the exterior, saving their money for the interiors. The symmetrical Palladian facade was placed around the Stuart and Tudor buildings, rather than demolishing them. Perhaps for economic reasons choosing to keep a plain exterior whilst heavily embellishing the interior. The exterior of the Tudor Manor House was transformed by adding new south, east and west wings. Stucco ceilings, Italian panels over the doorways, Chinese wallpapers, mirror paintings and a carved stone chimneypiece in the Entrance Hall were also added. Lady Catherine died in 1758 and more than £32,000 was found hidden about the house after John Parker's death a decade later. This provided the means for their son, John Parker II, to continue embellishing Saltram in style. He embarked on a Grand Tour in 1764, although it is not known what he collected. In 1769 he married Theresa Robinson, daughter of the first Lord Grantham which raised John Parker's social rank. Theresa also helped to transform Saltram into a property to which reflect her family's position as she had connections with the prominent architect Robert Adam. After Theresa's death in 1775 aged 31, her elder sister Anne came to Saltram to look after her small nephew and niece and oversaw the running of the house and estate. She stayed until her nephew came of age and was able to take over the estate. She eventually took a house in London where she died in 1828. It was John Parker III who was created 1st Earl Morley in 1815 by recommendation of the Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson. By the end of the 18th century men were expected to develop their mental faculties which would explain why he extended the library, but not the house apart from the entrance hall. So few changes were made to the interiors of Saltram during this time. Wealth was moving from land to cities due to the Industrial Revolution and with the introduction of steam power it meant that mass production of manufactured goods is more efficient than farming land. The running costs of the estate slowly outstripped the income so when 4th Earl Morley inherited Westonbirt in Gloucestershire and Dorchester House in London from his mother, they were promptly sold. Dorchester House was demolished to create the Dorchester Hotel. The revenue from the sale of these two buildings maintained Saltram but only until the 5th Earl Morley inherited Saltram in 1951 at the age of 73. He struggled to meet the death duties and decided to transfer the house, its contents and 291 acres of park to H.M.Treasury, via the National Land Fund in lieu of death duties in 1957. Saltram is now funded by the National Trust assisted by income generated by visitors and grants from English Heritage. Music: Epidemic Sound Credits: Catherine Cameron on Location Wikimedia Commons ©catherinecameron2023 #architecture #historicalhome #history #housetour #devon