Description

SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK

7/226 Picklecombe Seat

23.1.68
GV II

Garden feature in the form of an alcove temple. Late C18, incorporating earlier
features. Slatestone and granite rubble with granite arch and limestone dressings.
Rectangular plan with 5 granite steps leading to open front. Gothick style.
Central tall elliptical arch flanked by aedicules, each with pair of engaged shafts;
pediment over the shafts with trefoils along head and cusped tympanum. Rubble sides
and rear.
Interior Cobbled floor. Ridged granite vault with one wide convex-moulded rib to
rear. Rear wall has imitation piscina/niche, with engaged shafts to right and left,
trefoil head with crocketted gable moulding over, in limestone; quatrefoil sink
inside niche, and rectangular recess to rear.
Rev. Shaw, in Early Tours of Devon and Cornwall, 1788: "Winding beautifully round we
came next to a gothic alcove built from the materials of an old chapel the inside of
which gives a picturesque view of nothing but the sea...".

Listing NGR: SX4546551826

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433399

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)