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The Garden House
The Garden House is an open garden located in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England. The first house built in 1305 was intended to be a home for the Vicar (Anglicanism), vicars of the List of civil parishes in Devon, civil parish. The gardens are now open to the public and are home to a number of historical features, including the ruins of the old Clergy house, vicarage, a 14th-century barn, and a 17th-century dovecote. History The first house was built in 1305 by the Abbot, upon instruction from the Bishop to build a house for the Parish (Church of England), parish priest, and was later enlarged to become a three-storey building. The Garden House was originally the early 19th century home of the vicars of Buckland Monachorum. The garden was bought by Lionel Fortescue, a former head of Language studies, languages and Master of Arts, master at Eton College, and his wife Katherine Fortescue in the 1940s following World War II. They began a process of restoration and expansion ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelverton, Devon
Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. When Yelverton railway station (on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Plymouth to Tavistock) opened in the 19th century, the village became a popular residence for Plymouth commuters. The railway is now closed, but the Plym Valley Railway has reopened a section of it. Yelverton is well known for Roborough Rock - a prominent mass of stone close to the Plymouth road on the fringe of nearby Roborough Down, near the southern end of the airfield. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, built as a farm during the Elizabethan period, but converted in the 1850s to cater for growing tourism in the area. The area to the south and west of the roundabout at the centre of the village was settled in late Victorian and Edwardian times, with many grand and opulent villas. An area developed at about the same time on an odd shaped piece of land to the south of the Tavistock road is known as Leg o' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |