Pool With Fountain In The Formal Garden South Of Dawlish College (Mamhead House)

The pool with a fountain, located in the formal garden south of Dawlish College (formerly Mamhead House), was designed by Anthony Salvin between 1827 and 1833 for Sir R.W. Newman, Bt. It is constructed from Bathstone and marble. The pool has a round-lobed quatrefoil shape, featuring triangles between the lobes and moulded Bath stone walling. The central fountain has a pedestal with a moulded plinth, which is square in plan. This pedestal is intricately carved with a grotesque head of a Renaissance character that supports a stone dish. Water jets from a finely-carved white marble posy of flowers. This pool serves as the centerpiece of the formal garden and is depicted in one of Salvin's original drawings in the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings Collection.