Camden
CAMDEN, 1 AND 2, ELYSIAN FIELDS
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333821
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Camden
- Statutory Address:
- CAMDEN, 1 AND 2, ELYSIAN FIELDS
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1333821
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-Sept-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Camden
- Statutory Address 1:
- CAMDEN, 1 AND 2, ELYSIAN FIELDS
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CAMDEN, 1 AND 2, ELYSIAN FIELDS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sidmouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 12611 87988
Details
The entry for:
SIDMOUTH ELYSIAN FIELDS SY 1287 (South Side) 1/65 Camden II
Shall be amended to read:
SY 1287 SIDMOUTH ELYSIAN FIELDS (South Side) 1/65 Camden, Nos 1 and 2 GV II
Villa, now 2 dwellings. C.1820s. Stuccoed walls, slate-hung to rear (south), with wide bracketed eaves to hipped slate roof with stucco stacks. Double-depth plan with central stairhall. Picturesque Classical style. 2 storeys; 4 window range to north with slightly projecting bay to left. C19 six-panelled (4 glazed) door fronted by porch with Doric columns and pilasters. Horned 2/2 - pane sashes in moulded wood architrave, except tall 6-pane window above porch and canted bay window with glazing-bar casements. Symmetrical 3-window range west garden front has horned 2/2-pane in moulded wood architraves above French windows with C19 Venetian shutters, fronted by 1980s tented verandah. Southern rear elevation ,retains two early C19 six/six-pane sashes and mid C20 rear extension. East elevation retains early C19 six/six-pane and later horned 8/8-pane sash, both set above mid C20 extension. All elevations articulated by pilasters. Interior: no features of interest except early C19 panelled doors set in moulded architraves to first floor of No 2. Included as part of a group of early C19 villas in particularly fine settings on a residential cul-de-sac, an early example of 'garden suburb' planning. .
------------------------------------
ELYSIAN FIELDS 1. 1633 (South Side) Camden SY 1287 1/65 II 2. Circa 1830 two storey stucco faced villa. Double hipped slate roofs, wide bracketed eaves. Entrance front, facing north, has slightly projecting left hand bay. Flanking pilaster strips and plinth. Asymmetrical fenes- tration. 3 windows 1st floor, outer ones sashes with later glazing in moulded frames, Central French window giving on to roof of porch. On ground floor only the projecting bay has window: 4-sided bay with transomed lights and moulded cornice, Doric porch with columns to front, pilasters to wall, frieze with string end moulded wood cornice. Cast iron balus- trade above with lead ornament. West garden front symmetrical. 3 windows. Sashes in moulded frames on 1st floor. French windows with original Vene- tian shutters on ground floor. Southern rear elevation is slate hung, some of windows retain glazing bars. Camden is part of a group of early to mid c19 villas in particularly fine settings on a residential cul-de- sac in the upper part of the town.
Listing NGR: SY1261187988
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 87319
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 18-Jun-2026 at 05:36:43.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.