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Forder Lane, TEIGNMOUTH, TQ14 9SL

The Bishopsteignton village website https://contact94599.wixsite.com/mysite/history recounts that Huntly is the largest of several large houses in the village. "In 1878 it was established as a hydro hotel, offering Turkish baths and massages" (and named Huntley on the 1889 and 1905 OS maps). "In 1950 Huntly was purchased by the Officer's Association and is now run as a home for retired officers of the armed forces." There are indications of a change of status since then because properties are publicly advertised for sale.

The Bishopsteignton village website https://contact94599.wixsite.com/mysite/history recounts that Huntly is the largest of several large houses in the village. "In 1878 it was established as a hydro hotel, offering Turkish baths and massages" (and named Huntley on the 1889 and 1905 OS maps). The magnificent trees may have lived for 150 years or more. "In 1950 Huntly was purchased by the Officer's Association and is now run as a home for retired officers of the armed forces." That would explain the plaque to commemorate the visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex to Huntly, 25th June 2004. There are indications of a change of status since then because properties are publicly advertised for sale.

The Bishopsteignton village website https://contact94599.wixsite.com/mysite/history recounts that Huntly is the largest of several large houses in the village. "In 1878 it was established as a hydro hotel, offering Turkish baths and massages" (and named Huntley on the 1889 and 1905 OS maps). The magnificent trees may have lived for 150 years or more. "In 1950 Huntly was purchased by the Officer's Association and is now run as a home for retired officers of the armed forces." That would explain the plaque to commemorate the visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex to Huntly, 25th June 2004. There are indications of a change of status since then because properties are publicly advertised for sale.

Huntly, the cream-painted building partly visible on the left, was the largest of several large houses in the village, according to the Bishopsteignton village website https://contact94599.wixsite.com/mysite/history . "In 1878 it was established as a hydro hotel, offering Turkish baths and massages" (and named Huntley on the 1889 and 1905 OS maps). At this end of the handsome building pictured in Image a high wide archway has been filled in above the ground floor window, suggesting that it was a coach house and stables, or it served the gardeners. Now it appears at least partly converted to residential accommodation.

A spring? A stream? A surface water drain? There is what looks like a rail at footpath level – perhaps to rest a bucket on? Or to guard feet from slipping?

Lendrick is one of the large houses along Forder Lane. Residents looked out over extensive gardens on the south-facing hillside down to the Teign estuary. The name Lendrick appears on maps from 1964. In 1889 it was Long Marsden. The Bishopsteignton village website https://contact94599.wixsite.com/mysite/history recounts that as a young architect John Nash worked in Devon; between 1800 and 1804 he was based in Dawlish. Lendrick is thought to be either designed by Nash or built in Nash style. However, Historic England's grade II listing makes no mention of Nash https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147579

Huntly, the cream-painted building partly visible on the left, was the largest of several large houses in the village, according to the Bishopsteignton village website https://contact94599.wixsite.com/mysite/history (the 1889 and 1905 OS maps call it Huntley). "In 1878 it was established as a hydro hotel, offering Turkish baths and massages". At the other end of the handsome building pictured a high wide archway has been filled in, suggesting that it was a coach house and stables, or it served the gardeners Image Now it appears at least partly converted to residential accommodation.

The view is the reverse of Image Ahead is Forder Lane. On the right is the substation 'Huntley 34-0391' operated by Western Power Distribution. Huntley, more recently Huntly, is the large property on the other side of the wall.

A pale grey lichen has colonised much of the garden wall of the Huntly property.

At the top is Forder Lane. The flowers are Valerian (Valeriana officinalis). The wall is of fine-grained red sandstone rubble. It was and still is the garden wall of a large property called Huntly (previously Huntley).