NUTWELL COURT, on the east bank of the broad estuary of the Exe, opposite Powderham Castle, is the seat of Sir T. T. F. E. Drake, who was created a baronet in 1821, and is lord of the manor of Nutwell, which he derived from his uncle, the late Lord Heathfield. The latter obtained the estate from his uncle, Sir France Drake, Bart.,who died in 1794, and made great alterations in the house and grounds, and converted the chapel into a handsome library. Risden says, Nutwell Court was a castle till Lord Dinham, about the time of Edward IV., converted it into a fair and stately dwelling-house. It was nearly all rebuilt by the late Lord Heathfield, and is now a large and handsome mansion, in a well wooded park.

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