The Lightning Tree Shobrooke Park Crediton Devon
by Mackenzie Moulton
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Title
The Lightning Tree Shobrooke Park Crediton Devon
Artist
Mackenzie Moulton
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
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I thought this tree would make a good subject, I call it the lightning tree because it was stuck by lightning and everyone thought it was dead, but recently it has started sprouting leaves again.
SHOBROOKE lies in quiet, unspoilt country, with many fertile "red-land" farms. It formerly had several prosperous gentry and yeoman. The church, (St. Swithin) was drasticly restored and enlarged in 1879-80, when the S. aisle was added. There is, however, a good Norman S. doorway (c. 1160 in Thorverton stone. Shobrooke Park was formerly called (little) Fulford. It was bought by Sir William Periam (1535-1605), chief baron of the Exchequer, who built a house here. This was pulled down c. 1820 and a new house built (by Hakewill) called Shobrooke Park. The house became a school, was gutted by fire in 1947, and is now desolate. West Raddon was one of several good houses in this parish. It was a domesday manor, and in Henry VIII's time was bought by the Westcotes. Thomas Westcote the Antiquary, was born here in 1567, and wrote his View of Devonshire here. A good deal of Westcote's house remains, the W. wing being largely 15th century work, the rest rebuilt in the 18th century. Raddon Top (772ft.) is a landmark for 20 miles around. Westcote tells us that there was an earthwork on the summit, practically ploughed down even in his day. The views from here are superb, even for Devon. - See more at: http://www.devon.gov.uk/historicshobrooke#sthash.0T8C2SL6.dpuf
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