Radford, Plymstock

Radford House, south and west fronts and entrance courtyard, photograph c.1880. Demolished 1937
Early 19th century gate-lodge at the entrance drive to the demolished Radford House, with Radford Park and Lake beyond
Plaque beside the demolished Radford House
Radford Lake in 2009

Radford in the parish of Plymstock in Devon is a historic manor and the oldest recorded seat of the prominent Harris family.[1] It is today a low-cost housing suburb of the City of Plymouth. The 16th century manor house of the Harris family was remodelled in the 18th century and was demolished in 1937.[2] However, various traces of the estate remain, including most notably the deerpark, now a public amenity known as Radford Park, with its large lake, an early 19th century gate-lodge at the entrance drive to the former mansion house, with gatepiers, on Radford Park Road, a bridge and boathouse with follies of a sham castle and another sham-ruin.[3]

  1. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.447-51, pedigree of Harris of Radford & Harris of Hayne
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.681
  3. ^ Pevsner, p.681