Description

MAMHEAD MAMHEAD PARK
SW 98 SW

5/328 Pool with fountain in the formal
- garden south of Dawlish College
(Mamhead House)

GV II*

Pool with a fountain. Contemporary with Mamhead House (now Dawlish College),
designed 1827-1833 by Anthony Salvin for Sir R.W. Newman, Bt.. Bathstone and marble.
The shape of the pool is a round-lobed quatrefoil with triangles between the lobes
with moulded Bath stone walling. Central fountain with a pedestal with a moulded
plinth, square on plan, the pedestal carved with grotesque head of a Renaissance
character supporting a stone dish. The water jet spouts from a finely-carved white
marble posy of flowers.
The centre piece of the formal garden south of Mamhead House.
Shown in one of Salvin's original drawings in the R.I.B.A. Drawings Collection.

Listing NGR: SX9303881038

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535352

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)