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Buckfast Abbey is home to a Roman Catholic community of Benedictine monks.The Abbey Church is at the centre of the monastic life of the Benedictine monks at Buckfast, since it is there that the Monastic Community gathers to pray and celebrate the sacraments.12th century Cistercian architecture has a…
Distance: 9.2 miles away

At House of Marbles and Teign Valley Glass we have been manufacturing our unusual range of games, toys, marbles and glassware for many years. Visitors are most welcome to wander around the old pottery buildings with their listed kilns, enjoy our museums of glass, games marbles and…
Distance: 10.2 miles away

The 'last castle to be built in England', set above the Teign Gorge with dramatic views over Dartmoor.Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built between 1911 and 1931 for the self‐made food retailing millionaire Julius Drewe, the castle is a masterpiece in Dartmoor granite that blends into the…
Distance: 8.2 miles away

Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th‐century tower keep on a mound, later a prison notorious for harsh punishments ‐ 'the most annoyous, contagious and detestable place within this realm.' To the south is an earlier Norman…
Distance: 9.4 miles away

The remains of the largest castle in Devon, in an outstandingly picturesque setting on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest as a motte and bailey castle with a stone keep, it was converted into a sumptuous residence in the 14th…
Distance: 11 miles away

A classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest to overawe the Saxon town. A well‐preserved later shell‐keep crowns its steep mound, giving sweeping views across the town rooftops to the River Dart.…
Distance: 14.8 miles away

Small medieval manor house set in woodland and meadowsOne of the finest and most complete medieval manor houses in Devon Fantastic woodland and riverside setting on the outskirts of Newton Abbot Impressive collection of pre‐Raphaelite pictures and Arts & Crafts furniture Finely crafted plaster work and joinery Watch…
Distance: 13.3 miles away

Buckland Abbey is a 700‐year‐old building with fine 16th‐century great hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville.Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The house, incorporating the remains of the 13th‐century abbey church, has…
Distance: 12.5 miles away

The Garden House is centred on an enchanting Walled Garden created by the plantsman Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katharine around the romantic ruins of a medieval vicarage. Lionels's successor Keith Wiley extended the garden into new areas such as the South African Garden, the Acer Glade,…
Distance: 11.8 miles away

The Totnes Guildhall encompasses over 900 years of Totnes history. Part of the Benedictine Priory, the building has fulfilled a number of purposes, including a school, a courthouse and a Guildhall. It is still used by the town council for meetings and functions even now. The building features…
Distance: 14.9 miles away