Gate Piers, Gates And Garden Walls To Parkfield

The gate piers, gates, and garden walls to Parkfield were built in the 1860s or 1870s. They are made of local grey limestone ashlar for the gate piers, with cast- and wrought-iron gates, and local red breccia for the walls. A coped garden wall runs along Lower Polsham Road, featuring ashlar walls with pyramidal-capped piers that flank wrought-iron gates topped with spear-headed finials. The wall continues to enclose the garden south of the house, where the entrance on Esplanade Road has square section piers with moulded cornices and ball finials. This entrance is marked by a pair of late 20th-century mild steel gates that have 19th-century welded-on finials. Historically, these piers were originally located at the entrance to Torbay House in Paignton, which was demolished in 1877.