Terrace Wall, Steps And Statue South East Of Oldway Mansion

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