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| HER Number: | MDV117262 |
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| Name: | Burrator Avenue, Princetown |
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Summary
Three terraced blocks of housing built between 1890 and 1898 and used for warders' families. Named as Blocks B, C and D-blocks respectively, but were called 'Garcia Avenue' by the residents. Renamed Burrator Avenue and handed back to the Duchy in the 1980s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 587 738 |
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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, XIX - 1890 AD to 1898 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
These three rows of houses are depicted on the early 20th century historic map (not shown on previous edition).
Joy, R., 2002, Dartmoor Prison A Complete Illustrated History Volume 2 The Convict Prison 1850-Present Day At Her Majesty's Pleasure, 145, photograph (Monograph). SDV359843.
Burrator Avenue consists of three blocks, originally all numbered separately, which are used for warders' families and were built between 1890 and 1898. The block on the left going down was built as B-block (Blackabrook House was A-block), and was numbered 1-14. The block on the right-hand side at the bottom of Burrator Avenue was built as C-block and numbered from 1-10. The last block at the top was built as D-block and numbered from 1-7.
Blocks B, C and D were called 'Garcia Avenue' by the prison officers families to avoid having a postal address which read No. 8, C-block, HMP Dartmoor. The author was quartered in one of these houses for ten years and recalls the street was nicknamed 'Piano Street' because all the warders supposedly bought pianos and kept them in their front rooms so that people could see them.
It was finally renamed Burrator Avenue and was handed back to the Duchy in the 1980s.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
Burrator Avenue is depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #76559 ] |
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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. 145, photograph. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV42840 | Related to: Barrack Complex, Dartmoor Prison, Princetown (Monument) |
| MDV117261 | Related to: Blackabrook House, Princetown (Building) |
| MDV15309 | Related to: Dartmoor Prison, Princetown (Building) |
| MDV117243 | Related to: Devonshire Flats, Princetown (Building) |
| MDV117267 | Related to: Heather Terrace, Princetown (Building) |
| MDV117268 | Related to: Moor Crescent, Princetown (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 4 2016 3:57PM |
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