Retaining wall to Bishopsteignton Road below Inverteign Drive, Teignmouth
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Retaining wall to Bishopsteignton Road below Inverteign Drive, Teignmouth
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 6 Jul 2013
Comparing OS maps for 1905 and 1933 suggests that Bishopsteignton Road between Mill Lane and the bend west of Shaldon Bridge was widened on both sides. This retaining wall (probably concrete faced with Devonian limestone) holds back the hillside and holds up the gardens of the properties along Inverteign above which was possibly being developed from the late 1920s. This wall is certainly more weathered than, say, the retaining walls to villa gardens along Bitton Park Road east of Coombe Vale Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.546956
Longitude
-3.510577