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South Devon boasts an abundance of castles and stately homes, open to the public to allow us to indulge our thirst for history and our love of a beautiful building.
The country’s care takers, the National Trust and English Heritage, keep many in their careful embrace. But each has its own unique character meaning no visits are the same.
Under the National Trust umbrella are Overbecks near Salcombe, Greenway on the Dart, Coleton Fishacre near Kingswear, Compton Castle near Marldon, and Bradley Manor in Newton Abbot. One organisation, five very different days out.
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Overbeck's
The Edwardian house of Otto Overbeck houses his amazing inventions and collections including an enormous working musical box. The gardens with their spectacular panoramic views are exotic, with bananas, palms and towering echiums.
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Greenway
The estate offers an intimate glimpse into the private holiday home of the author Agatha Christie and her family. The relaxed and atmospheric house is set in the 1950s, and contains many of the family's collections, which range from fine china to books and archaeology.
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Coleton Fishacre
A luxuriant garden by the sea, with an Arts and Crafts-style house, featuring Art Deco-influenced interiors.
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Compton Castle
Compton Castle is a medieval fortress with high curtain walls, towers and a portcullis, set in rolling hills and orchards. Gardeners will love the rose, knot and herb gardens, and children will enjoy the squirrel trail.
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Bradley Manor
Bradley Manor is a superb example of medieval domestic architecture. The original building is 13th century but most dates from around 1420, when Richard Yarde began altering and enlarging the house he had inherited from his grandmother.
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Berry Pomeroy Castle
In a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is a haunting (and many say haunted!) romantic ruin. Within the 15th Century defences of the Pomeroy family castle looms the dramatic ruined shell of its successor, the great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours.
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Dartmouth Castle
Dartmouth Castle has guarded the narrow entrance to the River Dart for more than six hundred years. A fascinating complex of defences, it was begun in 1388 by John Hawley, privateering mayor of Dartmouth.
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Totnes Castle
Castle Street, Totnes, TQ9 5NUThis was one of the earliest Norman strongholds in England. Built on a large artificial earthen mound, it was originally surrounded by wooden fortifications which enclosed a high wooden tower. Visitors can learn about Judhael, the Breton knight and trusted servant to William the Conqueror who built the castle.
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Lukesland
On the southern tip of Dartmoor, Lukesland boasts a beautiful house with intriguing gardens created in the old tin workings from the Middle Ages. Where the original Tudor house once stood is now a formal garden.
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Dartington Hall
Dartington Hall near Totnes is a medieval hall restored in the 1920s by Leonard and Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst, who bought it as the base for their famous social living experiments. Today it is home to complementary activities in the arts, education and enterprise.
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Sharpham House
Sharpham House south of Totnes was designed in 1770 by Sir Robert Taylor. The thousand-year-old farm of five hundred acres is owned by the Sharpham Trust and produces world class wine and cheese in harmony with the environment.
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