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Latitude: 50.4432 / 50°26'35"N
Longitude: -3.5669 / 3°34'0"W
OS Eastings: 288835
OS Northings: 61548
OS Grid: SX888615
Mapcode National: GBR QT.RF7C
Mapcode Global: FRA 37FW.D6M
Plus Code: 9C2RCCVM+76
Entry Name: Walls to Court East and North Eat of Oldway Mansion, Including Pair of Sphinxes
Listing Date: 25 October 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1208324
English Heritage Legacy ID: 383878
ID on this website: 101208324
Location: Oldway, Preston, Torbay, Devon, TQ3
County: Torbay
Electoral Ward/Division: Preston
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Paignton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Paignton Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Wall
PAIGNTON
SX8861 TORQUAY ROAD
1947-1/4/104 (West side)
Walls to court E and NE of Oldway
Mansion, including pair of sphinxes
GV II
Courtyard walls to court E and NE of Oldway Mansion,
incorporating pair of sphinxes flanking entrance to terraced
garden east of the house. c1904-1907, probably contemporary
with the remodelling of Oldway Mansion (qv), for Paris Singer.
Grounds laid out by A Duchesne, a leading French formal
landscape architect. Concrete, the sphinxes with a hardcore
core.
The walls bound the eastern part of an oval courtyard with
entrances on the north and east sides and an entrance to the
gardens on the south side.
Concrete walls with plain coping and balustraded bays; bulbous
balusters to the gardens and curved sections, ovoid balusters
to the straight sections. Large concrete sphinxes flank the
entrance to the gardens.
Part of the setting of Oldway Mansion (qv) which has a number
of garden items contemporary with the early C20 recasting of
the house.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London:
1952-1989: 839-40).
Listing NGR: SX8883561548
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