- Heritage

Marwood Hill

20 acre garden with 3 small lakes. Extensive collection of camellias, bog garden. National collection of astilbes…

Morwellham Quay

Award-winning visitor centre at historic river port…

Oldway Mansion

Oldway Mansion, one of the grandest houses in the Torbay, was built in 1874 for Isaac Singer, the American millionaire sewing machine manufacturer. It was one of Isaac’s sons, Paris Singer, who took over residency in the mansion and who gave it its present form. A regular visitor to Oldway was Paris’s mistress, Isadora Duncan. Modelled on the Palace of Versailles, Oldway Mansion is where visitors can see The Gallery, a miniature reproduction of the ‘Hall of Mirrors’ and the Ballroom. The formal gardens were originally laid out by Achille Duchene, of Blenheim Palace fame…

Church Of Our Lady & St Ignatius

The Church, dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs and St Ignatius, was built on the site of an exisitng chapel-barn in 1872 by Charles Weld of Chideock Manor. It is one of the gems of English Catholicism and is designed in the Italian Romanesque style. It is a pilgrimage centre of the Chideock martyrs who are depicted in portraits over the nave. 19th century wall paintings by the Weld family can be seen in the original barn-chapel (now priest’s sacristry) by arrangement. The church is also a shrine to Our Lady and has been a centre of Catholicism since penal times. A Museum of village life is on view in the adjoining cloister…

Higher Melcombe

Consists of the surviving wing of a 16th century house with its attached domestic chapel. A fine plaster ceiling and linenfold panelling. Conducted tours by owner…

Knoll Gardens & Nursery

Nationally acclaimed 6 acre gardens, with 6000+ named plants…

Milton Abbey Church

Abbey church dating from 14th century…

Sandford Orcas Manor House

Tudor manor house with gatehouse, fine panelling, furniture, pictures. Terraced gardens with topiary and herb garden. Personal conducted tour by owner…

Bourton House Garden

The Cotswolds best kept secret! An award-winning three acre garden featuring wide herbaceous borders with stunning plant and colour combinations; imaginative topiary including topiary walk, knot garden and parterre; water features; a unique Shade House and many creatively planted pots. The unusual, rare and exotic make this garden a plantsman’s delight…

Frampton Court, The Orangery And Frampton Manor

The Cliffords have lived in Frampton since the 11th century. Frampton Court, built in 1731, has a superb panelled interior housing period furniture, china and 19th century ‘Frampton Flora’ water-colours. Bed and breakfast and house parties available. The 18th century ‘Strawberry Hill gothic’ Orangery sits - breath-takingly - at the end of the ornamental canal in the garden at Frampton Court, and is now a self-catering holiday house. Half-timbered Frampton Manor is said to be the birth-place of ‘Fair Rosamund’ Clifford, mistress of Henry II. The walled garden is a plantsman’s delight. The 16th century Wool Barn is contemporary with the main part of the house. A whole day is recommended for tours of both houses and gardens…