Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...(over eight of which he possessed the power of life and death, ) besides one hundred and sixty-four others, which were occiif ied by inferior tenants. GARLANDS, NEAR OAKHAMFJTON. At a short distance, northward, from the town of Oakhampton, over which it commands a pleasing view, is Oaklands, the seat of Albany Savile, Esq., the gentleman mentioned in the preceding article, as proprietor of the manor of Oakhampton. His mansion, which is a handsome building of the Ionic order, as delineated in the accompanying print, stands in an excellent situation, upon a woody slope, and was erected at his own charge, about nine or ten years ago, from the designs, and under the direction, of Mr. Vokins, of London. This edifice, which is highly creditable to the classic taste of the architect, has a finelyproportioned portico, in front; and its internal arrangements are judiciously combined. The staircase, which is particularly grand and spacious, has a gallery around it, supported by Corinthian columns. TEIGNMOUTH: --THE PUBLIC ROOMS, AND COCKRAM'S HOTEL. Teignmouth is a place of remote antiquity, situated, as the name implies, at the mouth of the river Teign, but in itself consisting of two parts, which are separated from each other by a small rivulet, called the Tame; that on the west side being called West Teignmouth, and that on the east side, East Teignmouth. They form, however, a con joined town, which lies open to the sea; but is delightfully sheltered at the back from the bleak northerly and north-easterly gales, by a ridge of hills. West Teignmouth is the older settlement, and in early times it was a celebrated haven, but the entrance to the latter has been greatly deteriorated by the formation of a shifting bar, or sand-bank, which impedes the navigation; although .