 It is surrounded by a large park, the boundary of which is enclosed by a stone and brick wall several miles long.According to the Devon historians Pole (died 1635) and Risdon (died 1640), anciently several different estates named "Creedy" existed within West Budleigh hundred in the general area of the River Creedy near or in the parishes of Sandford, on the west side of the river, and Shobrooke, on the east side of the river.It is not possible to identify today's estate with certainty to one of these ancient estates.