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HER Number:MDV106917
Name:Ashburton Police Station, Eastern Road

Summary

Police station is adjacent to the fire station and opened in 1965.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 762 703
Map Sheet:SX77SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishAshburton
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishASHBURTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • POLICE STATION (XX - 1965 AD to 1965 AD (Between))

Full description

Hands, S. + Webb, P., 2004, The Book of Ashburton. Pictorial History of a Dartmoor Stannery Town, 54 (Monograph). SDV356598.

The present day police office was opened on Eastern Road in 1965. Until the late 1990s there was living accommodation for the officers at the station. In this period however, these were converted to office space.


Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355681Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66429 ]
SDV356598Monograph: Hands, S. + Webb, P.. 2004. The Book of Ashburton. Pictorial History of a Dartmoor Stannery Town. The Book of Ashburton. Hardback Volume. 54.

Associated Monuments

MDV80834Related to: 1 Stapledon Lane (the Old Police Station), Ashburton (Building)
MDV106915Related to: Ashburton Fire Station, Eastern Road (Building)
MDV106919Related to: Old Ashburton Police Station, St Lawrence Lane (Building)
MDV106920Related to: 'The Old Clink' lock up, Bowden Lane, Ashburton (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 2 2014 2:35PM