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Fine two-storey granite building dating from c.1540. Originally a place where 'church ales' were held in the 16th and 17th centuries ('ales' being parish festivities raising funds for the church), the building later became almshouses, a school and a...
17th-century Baptist meeting house. Around 1653 the Baptist congregation of the nearby village of Kilmington constructed this simple building dug into the hillside. They attended services here at the risk of imprisonment or transportation. The interi...
19th-century former fishing lodge in a picturesque setting. Built c.1832 in a valley at the confluence of the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water, the house now serves as a NT shop, with refreshments and information. The site has been a tea-garden since 1901...
Kirkham House is a late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages, was restored in the 1960s. Kirkham House is furnished with modern furniture, illustrating traditional craftsmanship and the original use of the rooms. Guided t...
Torre Abbey is the oldest building in Torquay. It has a story spanning 800 years and was once the most important Abbey of its kind in England, the brothers who lived here then were known as the White Canons. Following a massive three-year restoration...
Ugbrooke is set in a tranquil Devon valley landscaped by Capability Brown. It has a history covering 900 years, featuring in the Domesday book of 1086, and exhibiting a fascinating variety of alterations made over the centuries.
Robert Adam and C...
The house and gardens are open to the public on specific afternoons between Easter and the end of August .
Fursdon is one of Devon's oldest family homes. 23 generations of the family have lived on this site. 2009 marks the 750th anniversary of the...
The Quay House was re-built in 1680-1 at the height of Exeter's woollen cloth industry.
New Quay House Visitor Centre pic The building was used to store cloth and other goods before they were loaded and transported down the canal. It also had an o...
On Plymouth's historic Barbican, you'll find an ancient doorway that takes you back in time to Drake's Plymouth.
Down panelled hallways and up spiral stairs, you'll find yourself in the furnished home of an Elizabethan merchant or sea captain.
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Late 18th century house, the neatly rendered austere exterior of which belies a warm, comfortable interior with Georgian elegance overlaid by Victorian solidity. Naval and military mementoes of the Woollcombes, including a model of HMS Victor(1820's)...
A historic building tucked away down one of the city's oldest streets - the Merchant's House is Plymouth's finest surviving example of a 16th/17th century residence. During the 17th century it was home to three Plymouth mayors including privateer Wil...
Prysten House is a late 15th century house with well and courtyard. closely linked with St Andrew's Church. Oldest domestic dwelling in Plymouth, which now also houses Tanners restaurant on the ground floor....
International Modernist 1930s building with period furniture. 2010 includes exhibition Sense of Place: an installation of contemporary artworks and music by tapestry weaver Jilly Edwards and composer Nigel Morgan, running alongside history of textile...
Totnes Museum is contained within an authentic Elizabethan Merchant's House, built around 1575 for the Kelland family. The house retains many features dating back to the Elizabethan period and has been painstakingly restored. Collections, dating from...
The Garden House is a magical place: a place designed to meld with its surrounding landscape to create an almost ethereal beauty; a place where luxuriant, brilliant colour creates unforgettable panoramas; a place where the past meets the present and ...
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