Description

PAIGNTON

SX8861 TORQUAY ROAD
1947-1/4/108 (West side)
Terrace walls, and rustic seat at
south end of south garden at Oldway
Mansion

GV II

Terrace walls, steps and rustic seat at the south end of the
garden south of Oldway Mansion (qv). 1904-1907, contemporary
with the remodelling of Oldway Mansion (qv) for Paris Singer.
Grounds laid out by A Duchesne, the leading French formal
landscape architect.
Retaining wall faced up with local grey limetone laid in crazy
courses; concrete parapet, partly balustraded; concrete seat.
The walls divide the formal garden immediately S of the house
from the wilder garden to its south. On the upper (southern)
terrace the wall incorporates a rather decayed rustic seat;
flight of enclosed steps leads from the upper terrace down
into the wilder garden.
Part of the setting of Oldway Mansion. Group value with other
garden items.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989:
839-40).

Listing NGR: SX8876061409

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503388

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)