Stackpole Court
Between 1735 and 1758 John Campbell built a new house (Stackpole Court), constructed terraces and walled enclosures, erected garden buildings, planted groves and introduced a ‘wilderness’ into Lodge Park.
This was followed by major landscape improvements, influenced by the picturesque movement, carried out by his grandson, also John Campbell, between 1778 and 1800, although further work continued into the new century. Many of the features of this second phase remain today including the lakes, estate walls, drives and footpaths, walled garden areas, garden structures and extensive woodland.
Stackpole Court was re-modelled with associated improvements to Lodge Park during the 1840s and further expansion of the lake system had taken place by 1875 as part of the estate and agricultural improvements carried out by John Frederick Vaughan Campbell.
Several phases of ornamental and forestry planting, particularly exotic conifers have been carried out since the late 19th century. The house at Stackpole Court was demolished in 1963, although most of the associated service buildings survive. The site remains the focal point of the Grade 1 designed landscape at the core of the Stackpole Estate.
