Gateway On Drive Entrance To Clovelly Court Estate (Also Known As Round Towers)

CLOVELLY CLOVELLY COURT PARK

SS 3124/90 Gateway on drive entrance to Clovelly Court Estate

The address shall be amended to read

SS 32 SW CLOVELLY CLOVELLY COURT PARK

5/90 Gateway on drive entrance to Clovelly Court Estate (also known as Round Towers)

CLOVELLY CLOVELLY COURT PARK SS 32 SW

5/90 Gateway on drive entrance to Clovelly Court Estate

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Gateway. Early C19. Coursed stone rubble with crenellated parapets. Now roofless. Plan: a pair of circulr 2-storeyed towers, each a 1-room plan lodge on either side of the drive and linked by an arch over the carriageway. Designed in the form of a shan castle. Exterior: 2 storeyed circular towers with battlements and a 4-centred arch between. The front elevation of each tower has a pointed-arch window with a blind head and reused granite jambs. The gate is late C19, executed in wood. Interior: the floors and roof have been removed. The right-hand tower has a fireplace with a brick surround. Part of the landscaped park created by Sir James Hamlyn in the late C18/early C19 around Clovelly Court. Source: W. G. Hoskins Devon. P370.

Listing NGR: SS3048524699