C18 walled garden within larger walled enclosure on C15 site; prominent ridge-top site contiguous with Stoke Park, South Gloucestershire (qv); scenic drive with views over Bristol; mature specimen trees and woodland; lodge; barn; cottages.
Heath House closed as a ward of Purdown Hospital c1988. It is now owned by Priory Hospitals Group as a private psychiatric centre (1991).
- Associated Buildings
House (LB II) 1784 designed by Zachary Bailey, built by John Hensley of Bath for Thomas Smyth of Ashton Court, North Somerset (qv); extended C19; extended and altered C20 for Purdown Hospital.
- Planning History
Stapleton & Frome Valley Conservation Area.