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Summary

Walled Garden

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Torbay HER: MTO54277

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WALLED GARDEN (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? to 1816 AD? (Post))

Full description

Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

The walled enclosure lies to the rear of the hospital building and is separated from it by a courtyard, one side of which was occupied by a long narrow structure, now demolished, which may have been a stable block. Adjoining the walled enclosure is the burial ground which shares a common boundary line and may have been laid out either at the same time , or perhaps a little later. The walled enclosure was almost certainly a walled garden associated with the hospital, probably functioning as a kitchen and herb garden, and a recreational area. It was divided into two by a cross-wall which may mark the division of use. The wall shows at least four phases of masonry, almost certainly dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. It is built largely of poor quality local red sandstone, mudstone and breccia, many stones of which have eroded with weathering, despite the presence in places of projecting drip courses on both the interior and exterior. There are clear signs of nineteenth and twentieth century lean-to structures. The area between the walled garden and the house may well contain yard surfaces and the buried remains of buildings.[1]

Four test pits (nos. 6-9) were excavated in the walled garden area in February 1996; all revealed natural (stiff red clay) below garden soil and clearance debris. [2]

Gibbons, P,, 1995, Observations at the Walled Area of the Inn on the Quay, Goodrington (Article in Serial). SDV362353.

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<1> Bishop, H.C., June 1995, A Proposed Development to the Walled Area of the Inn on the Quay, Goodrington Sands, Torbay, Devon, Appendix II by S W Brown (* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist). SDV362473.

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<2> Bishop, H.C., 1996, The Development of the Former Inn on the Quay, Goodrington Sands, Torbay, Devon by Whitbread Severn (* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist). SDV362101.

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Sources / Further Reading

SDV361984	SMR record: Torbay HER record.
SDV362353	Article in Serial: Gibbons, P,. 1995. Observations at the Walled Area of the Inn on the Quay, Goodrington.
	Linked documents:1
SDV362473	* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist: Bishop, H.C.. June 1995. A Proposed Development to the Walled Area of the Inn on the Quay, Goodrington Sands, Torbay, Devon. . Appendix II by S W Brown.
	Linked documents:1
SDV362101	* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist: Bishop, H.C.. 1996. The Development of the Former Inn on the Quay, Goodrington Sands, Torbay, Devon by Whitbread Severn. .

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7778 - Watching Brief at the Inn on the Quay by Hal Bishop - Feb 1996
• EDV7816 - Watching brief by Paul Gibbons - June 1995

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