IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Roborough Lane, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 7BA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Roborough Lane, TQ13 7BA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Image Listing (188 Images Found)
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Distance
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Rodborough House, Ashburton
A bed and breakfast establishment, in East Street.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 3 Dec 2008
0.02 miles
2
Roborough Lane, Ashburton
Seen from across East Street. The lane leads up towards Image Contrast heavily reduced in this image to reveal something of the water conduit head on the left - see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=376047 . It dates from 1791.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 9 Mar 2009
0.03 miles
3
East Street, Ashburton
The street levels out after a steady climb from the town centre, but the impressive architecture continues, now from the C19. Beyond the slate-hung number 77 on the left (http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376054&mode=adv ) is the Ashburton Hotel http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=376056 with a missing central first floor window.
On the immediate right is the Tugela House Hotel with canted bays on the first floor http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376048&mode=adv and then the three bays of a low former coach house and stables http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376050&mode=adv dated 1894.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 9 Mar 2009
0.03 miles
4
Ashburton House and Ireland House, Ashburton
East Street approaches its culmination. On the left is the C18 Ashburton House, with its attractive balcony - see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376057&mode=adv . Next door is Ireland House, "given to Ashburton Grammar School by John Ireland (1761-1841) Dean of Westminster for the headmaster. Later extended by Brown Paige for boarding pupils. Restored by Teignbridge District Council 1978", as a slate plaque explains. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376058&mode=adv
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 9 Mar 2009
0.04 miles
5
East Street with fine ironwork and bay windows
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 29 Feb 2012
0.04 miles
6
Conduit head, East Street, Ashburton
See Image for a similar photo looking up the lane on the right. The conduit head dates from 1791 and is described at http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=376047 . The building behind is "believed to have been The Spread Eagle Inn" and extended to the left across what are now four separate properties - see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376046&mode=adv .
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 9 Mar 2009
0.04 miles
7
Conduit head in East Street, Ashburton
Presumably this was once a public water fountain, although there is no inscription. It is listed as a grade 2 water conduit
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 3 Oct 2012
0.04 miles
8
House with conduit head, East Street
The conduit head dates from the early eighteenth century https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1187278
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 16 Sep 2017
0.04 miles
9
Ireland House, Ashburton
See also Image The slate plaque reads: "given to Ashburton Grammar School by John Ireland (1761-1841) Dean of Westminster for the headmaster. Later extended by Brown Paige for boarding pupils. Restored by Teignbridge District Council 1978" - at which time it was converted into flats. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=376058&mode=adv
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 9 Mar 2009
0.04 miles
10
East Street, Ashburton
The wallbox is Victorian
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 3 Oct 2012
0.04 miles