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| HER Number: | MDV117257 |
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| Name: | Tor View, Princetown |
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Summary
Terrace of six houses built in 1910 for prison farm staff. Prison officers also occupied the houses until the late 1980s. Now private dwellings.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 583 741 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TERRACE (Constructed, XX - 1910 AD to 1910 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1950-1954, Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV350147.
Not shown on the 1905 historic map (as they just post-date that version), the terrace is depicted on the 1950s historic map.
Joy, R., 2002, Dartmoor Prison A Complete Illustrated History Volume 2 The Convict Prison 1850-Present Day At Her Majesty's Pleasure, 114 (Monograph). SDV359843.
Terrace of six houses built in 1910 for prison farm staff. Prison officers also occupied the houses until the late 1980s when the lease was relinquished and the Duchy of Cornwall received them back from the prison. Now private houses.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
Tor View is depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350147 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1954. Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Map. Digital. |
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| SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #76554 ] |
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| SDV359843 | Monograph: Joy, R.. 2002. Dartmoor Prison A Complete Illustrated History Volume 2 The Convict Prison 1850-Present Day At Her Majesty's Pleasure. Dartmoor Prison A Complete Illustrated History. 2. Hardback Volume. 114. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV15309 | Related to: Dartmoor Prison, Princetown (Building) |
| MDV104777 | Related to: The Old Dairy, Princetown (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 4 2016 12:38PM |
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