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| HER Number: | MDV125143 |
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| Name: | Chinese Water Garden in Poltimore Park |
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Summary
Remains of a Chinese water garden which formerly had a moated pagoda, an oriental style bridge and boathouse. A swimming pool was created here in the 1920s or 1930s to serve the girl's school established at Poltimore House. However, this appears to have been downstream and outside the water garden.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 965 962 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Poltimore |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | POLTIMORE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER GARDEN (Created, Edwardian - 1908 AD to 1908 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
The garden is visible as a larg circular feature with extensions to the east and west along the stream. At the eastern end of the garden is a square feature which may be the swimming pool.
Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.
Water garden shown.
Creighton, O. + Cunningham, P. + French, H., 2013, Peopling Polite Landscapes. Community and Heritage at Poltimore, Devon, 73-4, 81, Fig. 4 (Article in Serial). SDV361004.
An earthwork survey by Exeter University revealed the remains of a Chinese water garden to the west of the house which was constructed in 1908. Early photos show that the garden formerly had a moated pagoda, oriental style bridge and boathouse.
The garden’s water supply was regulated by a sluice system and when the house became a school in the 1920s it was altered to become a swimming pool. Site now overgrown.
Hitchings, T., 2014, Poltimore Estate Heritage Sites, S100 (Un-published). SDV361001.
The swimming pool constructed in the 1920s or 1930s to serve the girl's school established at Poltimore House was sited down stream and outside of the Chinese Water Garden. Only parts of the stone-built dam are still visible in the stream.
Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.
Curved ponds and weirs shown.
University of Exeter, 2024, Poltimore Display Boards (Interpretation). SDV366062.
The Chinese Garden was probably created in the early 1900s. It comprised a small island with ornate wooden bridges, a pagoda and a boathouse, and housed many waterfowl. It was turned into a swimming pool when the house became a girls school.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV352727 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1953-1969. 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial. Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143113 ] |
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| SDV361001 | Un-published: Hitchings, T.. 2014. Poltimore Estate Heritage Sites. Poltimore Estate Heritage Sites. Digital. S100. |
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| SDV361004 | Article in Serial: Creighton, O. + Cunningham, P. + French, H.. 2013. Peopling Polite Landscapes. Community and Heritage at Poltimore, Devon. Landscape History. 33. Digital. 73-4, 81, Fig. 4. |
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| SDV362729 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV366062 | Interpretation: University of Exeter. 2024. Poltimore Display Boards. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV49340 | Related to: Poltimore House Gardens (Monument) |
| MDV135246 | Related to: Swimming Pool at Poltimore House (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 28 2024 5:40PM |
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