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Listed building outline: Terrace Wall, Steps And Statue South East Of Oldway Mansion 383875

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Terrace Wall, Steps And Statue South East Of Oldway Mansion 383875

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.567467 50.441920,-3.567437 50.441919,-3.567438...
• entry-date: 1993-10-25
• listed-building: 1195210
• name: Terrace Wall, Steps And Statue South East Of Oldway Mansion
• notes: Terrace wall to terrace SE of Oldway Mansion, including flight of steps and statue of Pan and Bacchus. c1907-1907, contemporary with the remodelling of Oldway Mansion (qv) for Paris Singer. Grounds laid out by A Duchesne, the leading French formal landscape architect. Concrete terrace wall; stone steps; white Italian marble statue. Deep battered retaining wall with a cornice below the balustraded parapet to the garden S of Oldway Mansion. The section of parapet wall above the steps has icicle rustication facing the south garden. 2 flights of steps lead down to the Italian garden. On the east side of the wall, between the flights of steps, a round-headed statue niche with a keyblock containing a small statue group of Pan and Bacchus. Part of the setting of Oldway Mansion, group value with other garden items. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989: P.839-40). Listing NGR: SX8880061448
• reference: 383875
• start-date: 1993-10-25