Gardens at Oldway Mansion in Paignton, Devon, owned by Torbay Council, built by Isaac Singer, of Singer Sewing Machines

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In the 1870's Isaac Merritt Singer (founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company) bought the Fernham estate in Paignton The old buildings on the site were demolished and George Soudon Bridgeman was commissioned to build a new mansion Paris Eugene Singer, Isaac Singer's third son, supervised the alterations at Oldway Mansion between 1904 and 1907. The rebuilding work was modelled on the Palace of Versailles, and the eastern elevation of the building was inspired by the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

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Size: 2798px × 4206px
Location: Oldway Mansion, Torquay Road, Torbay TQ3 2TD
Photo credit: © Carol Bond / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: britian, devon, england, flowers, gardens, hedge, hedges, paignton, planter, plants, torbay, torquay, uk