Terrace Wall With 14 Urns To Terrace East And South East Of Oldway Mansion

The terrace wall with 14 urns is located to the east and south-east of Oldway Mansion in Paignton. Built between 1904 and 1907, it is likely contemporary with the remodelling of the mansion for Paris Singer. The grounds were designed by A Duchesne, a prominent French formal landscape architect. The urns are stamped with "Val d'Osne, 58 Boulevarde Voltaire, Paris." The walls are constructed of local red breccia rubble, partly faced in concrete, and topped with concrete coping. They feature stone steps and cast-iron urns. The walls create a long terrace that runs along the east front of the house and extends southward. The terrace is characterized by plain, coped concrete walls topped with a set of 13 identical urns, which have satyrs' head handles and a plain central band that separates the formal foliage decoration. There is a simpler urn at the south end. This terrace wall is part of the setting of Oldway Mansion, which includes several garden items from the early 20th century when the house was redesigned.