Following the acquisition of the property by Sir Peregrine Acland in 1835, Richard Carver of Taunton, a 'local representative of the still pre-archaeological Gothicism of before 1 840' (Pevsner 1958), built the service quarters and stables, while from c I850, John Norton was responsible for recasing and extending the house, the additions including the great hall, south entrance, and north-west bil