Description

PAIGNTON

SX8861 TORQUAY ROAD
1947-1/4/106 (West side)
Terrace wall, steps and statue SE of
Oldway Mansion

GV II

Terrace wall to terrace SE of Oldway Mansion, including flight
of steps and statue of Pan and Bacchus. c1907-1907,
contemporary with the remodelling of Oldway Mansion (qv) for
Paris Singer. Grounds laid out by A Duchesne, the leading
French formal landscape architect. Concrete terrace wall;
stone steps; white Italian marble statue.
Deep battered retaining wall with a cornice below the
balustraded parapet to the garden S of Oldway Mansion. The
section of parapet wall above the steps has icicle rustication
facing the south garden. 2 flights of steps lead down to the
Italian garden. On the east side of the wall, between the
flights of steps, a round-headed statue niche with a keyblock
containing a small statue group of Pan and Bacchus.
Part of the setting of Oldway Mansion, group value with other
garden items.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London:
1952-1989: P.839-40).

Listing NGR: SX8880061448

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489801

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey