Designation:
All on Devon Local List
Type:
- Public Park
Parish:
Plymouth
Local Authority:
Plymouth
OS Grid Ref:
SX 248 564
Map no.:
Landranger 201
Description:
Thorn Park (1893) boasts a late Victorian ovoid cast-iron urinal with decorative panels by Macfarlane of Glasgow, hidden in an attractive shrubbery. The lodge, which also marks the entrance to Mutley Park, is now leased by the City Council to the Park Pharmacy Trust, which has created a medicinal garden.
References
Cherry & Pevsner: The Buildings of England – Devon, 1989: 670 S Pugsley: Devon Gardens – An Historical Survey, 1994: 152
