Radford, Plymstock

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]

^ 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
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.681
^ Pevsner, p.681

[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

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