Watermouth, North Devon, the seat of Davie Bassett Esq ... (1830)
James Bingley
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC0100 |
| Devon | North Devon Record Office | SC0100 |
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SC0100
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CD 2 DVD 1
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A handbook for travellers in Devon. London: John Murray, 1895. p. 283. Route 20. - Taunton to Barnstaple.Watermouth Castle, a Gothic building erected about 1825. The situation is romantic, and the grouping of the neighbouring knolls and ridges strikingly beautiful. The house stands at the edge of a green basin, little raised above the sea, but screened from it by a natural embankment of rocks. The richest woods enclose this vale, and a stream runs sparkling through the grass. This beautiful spot is viewed to most advantage from the sea, as the imposing mansion and its verdant pastures are thence seen in connection with the bleak coast of Exmoor and rocks of Ilfracombe. The cove at the mouth of the little stream is a wild and cavernous recess; one side of it is formed by a hillock popularly known as Saxon's Burrow. Beyond the castle a path rt. leads to Rillage Point.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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Steel l.engr
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102x152mm
Series
S103 - [31]
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Exterior
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Dates
1830