A La Ronde
📍 Devon, England
About
A la Ronde is an 18th-century, 16-sided cottage orné near Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon, England, in the ownership of the National Trust. The house was built for two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter. It is a Grade I listed building, as are the adjacent Point-In-View chapel, school and almshouses, together with a manse, which were also built by the cousins. The gardens are Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Built in the 1790s by cousins Jane and Mary Parminter after a 10-year Grand Tour of Europe. Inspired by the octagonal basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. The interior features extraordinary handmade decorations including a shell gallery encrusted with 25,000 shells and a feather frieze. The cousins stipulated it should only pass to unmarried kinswomen. National Trust property since 1991.
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