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Summary

Small triangular building of Hurdwick stone on a circular plinth, with a Delabole slate tetrahedral roof. Designed 1914, by Sir Edwin Lutyens, for the Duke of Bedford. The structure and earthwork mound of the reservoir were recorded by the NMP survey of the Tamar Valley.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1326203: THE PIMPLE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SE/246
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 93538

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FOLLY (Early, XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
• RESERVOIR (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)

Full description

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 07/01/1998, Tavistock (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV350275.

Reservoir entrance. 1914, by Sir Edwin Lutyens, for the Duke of Bedford. Hurdwick stone Delabole slate tetrahedral roof with finial, bellcast, and moulded wooden eaves cornice. Triangular on plan. Circular plan plinth forming segmental seats on the three sides. Doorway on one side. This little building was built over the entrance on top of a reservoir on Whitchurch Down, which served Bedford estate houses and a house called Littlecourt [1910-14], also designed by Lutyens.

Department of Environment, 1983, Tavistock, 52 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV272550.

The Pimple, Whitchurch Down. Late 19th century triangular look-out tower built of squared stone rubble. Slate roof with finial. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Elliptically curved wooden seats on all three sides. Included as an example of a late 19th century folly.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/UK/250/4114-5 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

The transcriptions of a pyramidal earthwork mound and structure from aerial photographs RAF/CPE/UK/250/4114-5, correspond to a database record of an early 20th century reservoir and entrance building visible as an earthwork and structure. Map object based partly on this source.

Tavistock and District Local History Society, 2002, Whitchuch Parish. A short History of a Devon Parish, 74 (Monograph). SDV363278.

Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.

Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Map object based on this source.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

The aerial photograph reference given in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photograph is not included. The NMP rectifications and subsequent transcriptions for the Tamar Valley were based on Ordnance 1:10,000 base maps. As such, the NMP transcriptions occasionally display significant variance from the current MasterMap base mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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