Sepia-tinted photographic postcard showing a view of the terrace at Bicton. Ink: [personal message] [address in Exeter supplied]. The present Bicton House was completed by James Wyatt in the early 19th century, and altered by Walter Tapper in the early 20th. The gardens became famous in the 1830s under the management of the successive head gardeners Robert Glendinning and James Barnes ('Barnes of Bicton'); major features include the avenue and palm house