Killerton, with the estate of Holnicote, totalling 6,400 hectares, was given without contents to the National Trust by Sir Richard Acland (1906–1990), 15th Bt, a descendant of one of the oldest Devon families, in 1944. The house accommodated two schools, evacuated during the Second World War, whilst the contents were moved to the dower-house at Sprydon and to a store in Exeter that was destroyed by bombing. Some of the pictures have been acquired subsequently by private treaty sale, notably: Lydia Hoare, Lady Acland with her sons Thomas and Arthur by Sir Thomas Lawrence; a rare oil painting of 1785 by Francis Towne, showing Holnicote from the south-west; the original painting of Robert Pollard’s well-known print of Lady Harriet Acland crossing the Hudson, to plead for the release of her husband, Colonel John Dyke Acland, during the American War of Independence; and two charming conversation pieces by Henry Singleton: one, known as 'The Pastor's Fireside: The family of Sir Thomas Acland, 10th Bt, Being Read to by the Vicar of Silverton'.

Photo credit: National Trust Images/Andrew Butler
National Trust, Killerton
Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon EX5 3LE England
killerton@nationaltrust.org.uk
01392 881345
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04 March 2021
We're recruiting a Countryside Manager. Could you be the one to lead the conservation, presentation and experience of the outdoors at Killerton? For more information about the role see https://t.co/g6pcMo2umL reference IRC97126. Closing date Sunday 28 February 2021. https://t.co/b68ijIQRH7
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