Kingweston House west front

The south front was probably remodelled in the 1820s. It is not clear where the original manor house stood but it was probably in this area, close to the church which lies just north of this range.

In 1788 a London seedsman provided an estimate for supplying thousands of balm of Gilead, beech, birch. Scotch and silver fir, two varieties of spruce, Spanish chestnut, and Weymouth pine, presumably for planting round Kingweston house. In 1807 John Veitch planted 19 ½ a. with nearly 30,000 ash, beech, horse chestnut, larch, oak, Scots fir, Spanish chestnut, sycamore, and thorn. Following some failures Veitch planned another planting of 16,000 mixed trees. A plantation of walnuts had been established by 1812. By 1839 parkland extended north, west and south of the house, known as North and Front Parks, a thatched lodge on a cruciform plan had been built at the north-west gate, and there was an ice house of 1802 in shrubbery east of the house. Around the drives, beyond Front Park, and on the hill to the south-west there were extensive plantations. An avenue of elm trees running due north of the house across the North Park had been planted probably in the mid 18th century a 5-a. cedar walk along the north-west boundary. Parkland to the east had been created by removing hedges in 1779.