About Us

The earliest reference to Cutsey is in Trull Church records of 1327 and mentions Richard de Cuttlesheagh’s land as being between Trull Church and West Buckland. Cutsey, in subsequent records, has been referred to as Cuttlesleigh and Cutsleigh (leigh being a medieval word meaning woodland). In the late sixteenth century the property and lands were purchased by the Blake family (of Roundhead fame) and remained with them until the middle of the last century.

The house has many original fifteenth and sixteenth century features, but considerable rebuilding was carried out in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the façade being added in 1865. Of particular interest is the rear Tudor staircase and the mouldings and panelling in the parlour and sitting room.

Considerable renovations have been carried out during the past few years and the accommodation is now elegant and traditional as well as being warm and convenient. There are superb views from every room. The bedrooms are well furnished, have en-suite bathrooms, arm chairs, writing tables, bookcases and television.

The public rooms are well proportioned and comfortable and include the library, dining room (banqueting for twenty), billiards room (with original full size Burroughs & Watts table) and the parlour, which is also used as the ‘daily’ dining room.

Outside there is a secluded courtyard, traditional stables, cottages and outhouses, set in two acres of garden and surrounded by twenty acres of paddocks.