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| HER Number: | MDV125143 |
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| Name: | Chinese Water Garden in Poltimore Park |
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Summary
Remains of a Chinese water garden which formerly had a moated pagoda, an oriental style bridge and boathouse. When Poltimore House became a school in the 1920s the garden was turned into a swimming pool.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 965 962 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Poltimore |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | POLTIMORE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER GARDEN (Created, XX - 1908 AD to 1908 AD)
Full description
Creighton, O. + Cunningham, P. + French, H., 2013, Peopling Polite Landscapes. Community and Heritage at Poltimore, Devon, 73-4, 81, Fig. 4 (Article in Serial). SDV361004.
An earthwork survey by Exeter University revealed the remains of a Chinese water garden to the west of the house which was constructed in 1908. Early photos show that the garden formerly had a moated pagoda, oriental style bridge and boathouse.
The garden’s water supply was regulated by a sluice system and when the house became a school in the 1920s it was altered to become a swimming pool. Site now overgrown.
Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.
Curved ponds and weirs shown.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361004 | Article in Serial: Creighton, O. + Cunningham, P. + French, H.. 2013. Peopling Polite Landscapes. Community and Heritage at Poltimore, Devon. Landscape History. 33. Digital. 73-4, 81, Fig. 4. [Mapped feature: #116333 ] |
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| SDV362729 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV49340 | Related to: Poltimore House Gardens (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 13 2019 12:29PM |
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