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Most of the grounds of Dagnam Park were originally part of the Dagnam Estate, former home of the Wrights who lived here from 1600 to 1750, and later of the Neaves. At the northern end is the site of the original mansion, described by Samuel Pepys in 1665 as the most noble and pretty house for its size he had ever seen. An impression of its size can be seen from the fact that it had 24 hearths and was built round a courtyard with a square moat. It was demolished in the 1950s following vandalism.