Accessibility
A wooden staircase connects all floors in the hall. The accommodation is located on the first and second floors and has its own guest entrance on the ground floor.
Dog Allowed - Yes
Heating
Gas central heating
Facilities
All Vivat Trust properties have a TV, DVD player and CD player plus fully equipped kitchens with oven & hob, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, microwave and washing machine. In addition The Walronds provides the following facilities.
Tumble dryer
2 bathrooms and a separate shower room
A half tester double bed in the first floor master bedroom, which also has an en-suite shower room
Cot & highchair available for infant
Private courtyard garden with outdoor furniture & BBQ
Off road parking
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The property now known as The Walronds was bought by Henry Parish in 1564 when the Manor of Cullompton was sold in parcels following the dissolution of the Abbey of Buckland, its former owner.
The building facing Fore Street was erected between 1602 and 1605 following a disastrous fire which also destroyed the properties where the Merchant's House and Manor Hotel now stand. The arms of Henry's granddaughter and heiress, Emlyn Parish, and her husband, John Peter, builder of the new house, are on the overmantels in the hall and first floor parlour.
After the Civil War the property was bought by Sir John Portman and leased to his political allies, the Walronds of Bradfield, who gave the property their name though they were never the owners. Subsequent owners were the Bakers of Tiverton and the Sydenhams. The Reverend George Sydenham died in debt to the Solicitor Alfred Burrow, whose office was in the Merchant's House next door. Burrow foreclosed on the mortgage and spent a great deal of money repairing and restoring the property.
After the Second World War the Burrow family sold the house to Mr Neatby. In 1954 Miss I V Yeoman bought the northern range where she lived with her niece, Miss June Severn. In 1956 she bought the remainder of the property and on her death bequeathed it to Miss Severn. Lack of funds forced Miss Severn to sell off three plots of land at the Western end of the burgage plot where the bungalows Laurel Dene and Little Walronds are now located. Later she had to sell the south range to the twin sisters Beatrice and Daphne Reeves. These three ladies bequeathed the property to the Cullompton Walronds Preservation Trust which Miss Severn had caused to be established under the chairmanship of Mrs Jane Campbell. This trust, in partnership with the Vivat Trust, raised sufficient funds to make possible the repair of the house which was completed in May 2014.
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Location: In the centre of Cullompton, 5 miles from Tiverton railway station and 19 miles from Exeter
Interesting Towns: Tiverton, Exeter, coastal towns of the English Riviera
Historic Attractions: Tiverton Castle, Fursdon, Cadhay, Killerton, Knightshayes, Powderham Castle, Bicton, Combe Sydenham Hall
Activities: Walking and horse riding in Dartmoor National Park, golf and garden visits to Hestercombe Gardens and RHS Rosemoor
Local Events:
February Laugh Out Loud comedy festival
April Exeter festival of food & drink
September Colyford Goose Fayre
October Exeter Poetry Festival
November flaming tar barrels, Ottery St Mary
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