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HER Number: | MDV124034 |
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Name: | Site of Brunel's Great Hill Drive, Watcombe Park, Watcombe |
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Summary
Tree-lined drive linking Great Hill to Brunel's Watcombe Park. The drive terminated at a lodge which was later demolished.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 914 679 |
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Map Sheet: | SX96NW |
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Admin Area | Torbay |
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Civil Parish | Torbay |
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District | Torbay |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.MARYCHURCH |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | STOKEINTEIGNHEAD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Types: none recorded
Full description
Tudor, G, 2007, Brunel's Hidden Kingdom, 35-37 (Monograph). SDV362378.
Great Hill had been purchased by the Admiralty around 1825 as a proposed site of a Popham semaphore station linking London with Plymouth. Apparently the semaphore station was never built as communication by electric telegraph became standard in the 1840s. Great Hill was sold by the Admiralty to Brunel for £10 on 4 September 1849.
Brunel had arranged that access to his Watcombe estate would be from Newton Abbot to Milber Ridge along the existing Keybery turnpike then veer away from the ridge towards Great Hill and descend to Watcombe Park via a tree-lined drive. The trees were planted on the north side of the drive to allow spectacular seaward views The drive terminated at a lodge, now demolished, whose footprint is now occupied by the house of Clarence Falls, Seymour Drive.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV362378 | Monograph: Tudor, G. 2007. Brunel's Hidden Kingdom. . A4 Hardback. 35-37. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV32492 | Part of: Watcombe Park and Brunel Manor, Teignmouth Road, Watcombe, Torquay (Monument) |
MDV124098 | Related to: Great Hill, St Marychurch, Torquay (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2019 1:07PM |
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