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HER Number:MDV78938
Name:Pilot Waters, Wembury Point

Summary

Private house, built in 1930s by owners of the holiday camp at Wembury Point, which became the wardroom for HMS Cambridge.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 498 485
Map Sheet:SX44NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWembury
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishWEMBURY

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Military earthworks, buildings and structural remains at HMS Cambridge, Wembury Point

Other References/Statuses

  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HOUSE (XX - 1938 AD to 1938 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1963 - 1996, National Grid OS metric (Cartographic). SDV342278.


GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.


Berry, N., 2006, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Wembury Point and The Mewstone, Wembury, Devon, 12, 19 (Report - Survey). SDV345992.

Just uphill from Marine Drive was the wardroom, formerly 'Pilot Waters', the private house built in1938 (in a 'vaguely Arts and Crafts' style) by the owners of the holiday camp, but never occupied by them. The house was demolished in 2003, but there is the remains of a short path to the building and an old garden path, running along the contour below the house site, which connects to a flight of concrete steps that links the HMS Cambridge firing site with the main site. Other details: Map; figure 2.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV321648Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (Digital).
SDV342278Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963 - 1996. National Grid OS metric. National Grid OS metric. Digital. [Mapped feature: #105744 ]
SDV345992Report - Survey: Berry, N.. 2006. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Wembury Point and The Mewstone, Wembury, Devon. National Trust Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 12, 19.

Associated Monuments

MDV50865Part of: HMS Cambridge, Wembury Point (Monument)
MDV50865Related to: HMS Cambridge, Wembury Point (Monument)
MDV55112Related to: Gunnery Training Area, HMS Cambridge (Monument)
MDV50865Part of: HMS Cambridge, Wembury Point (Monument)
MDV50865Related to: HMS Cambridge, Wembury Point (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4959 - Survey of Wembury Point and the Mewstone, Wembury, Devon

Date Last Edited:Apr 26 2018 9:49AM