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Summary

The site of the original Paignton Rectory which was demolished in 1839-40 and a new building known as Croft erected in its stead.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1298314: CHURCHYARD WALL TO CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND CHURCHYARD WALLS TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

Other References/Statuses

• Torbay HER: MTO8890

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• VICARAGE (Demolished, XIX - 1839 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

Dyer, M J, Archaeological Watching Brief on the Site of an Extension to Paignton Hospital, Church Road, Paignton (* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist). SDV362356.

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Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

In 1839-40 Paignton Rectory was pulled down, and a building known as Croft erected on the site. The (?tithe) barn of the rectory, an early school and the Porters House were likewise replaced and a much larger school building was erected on its site. A plan of the church, school, barn, Potatoe (sic) house and 'Rectory Dwelling House' dated 31 Jan 1839 is attached to a document in the DRO (?); this part of Church Street is described as 'New Road from Torquay to Paignton Village'. The tithe map similarly shows the earlier configuration. A vicarage was built south of this new part of Church Street on the east side of Duck Street, north of the mill dam.

Small-scale evaluation work in 1999 revealed medieval (?)boundary ditches with 11-12th century pottery [2]

Waterfield, R., 1932, Proceedings at the Seventy-First Annual Meeting, held at Paignton, 20th to 24th June, 1932, 37 (Article in Serial). SDV362423.

There are the sites of two former vicarages in Church Street, the second is now a brewery yard. [This appears to be the vicarage that stood on the corner of Princes Lane and Church Street. The first vicarage referred to may be this one or that which formerly stood on the north side of Church Street.]

<2> Dyer, M J, 1999, Archaeological Evaluation at Paignton Hospital, Church Road, Paignton (* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist). SDV362355.

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Sources / Further Reading

SDV361984	SMR record: Torbay HER record.
SDV362356	* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist: Dyer, M J. Archaeological Watching Brief on the Site of an Extension to Paignton Hospital, Church Road, Paignton. .
SDV362423	Article in Serial: Waterfield, R.. 1932. Proceedings at the Seventy-First Annual Meeting, held at Paignton, 20th to 24th June, 1932. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 64. Hardback Volume. 37.
SDV362355	* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist: Dyer, M J. 1999. Archaeological Evaluation at Paignton Hospital, Church Road, Paignton. Exeter Archaeology. 99.18. Digital.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7914 - Archaeological Evaluation at Paignton Hospital, Church Road, Paignton 1999
• EDV7915 - Archaeological Watching Brief on the Site of an Extension to Paignton Hospital, Church Road, Paignton 1999

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