A room in Sandford Orleigh House showing the overmantel constructed from 16th century oak screens

Date:
Dec 1972
Location:
Sandford Orleigh, Exeter Road, Newton Abbot, Teignbridge, Devon
Reference:
BB73/00380
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The overmantel was removed during conversion of the house into apartments. It is now on display in the Newton Abbot Town and Great Western Railway Museum.

Content

This is part of the Job: 08/02764 Sandford Orleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon; within the Sub Series: RCH01/002/036 RCHME Architectural Requests: Devon; within the Series: RCH01/002 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Architectural Requests; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Jones, Trevor H: Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England

Keywords

Fireplace, Mantelpiece, Overmantel, Hanoverian Country House