The last castle built in England, designed by Edwin Lutyens for the grocery millionaire Julius Drewe and finished in 1930. Its granite walls stand on a crag above the Teign Gorge on the edge of Dartmoor, with comfortable 1920s rooms inside.
Don't miss the circular croquet lawn and the walks along the gorge, down to Fingle Bridge and its riverside inn.
A 13th-century Cistercian abbey turned into a house, later bought by Sir Francis Drake after his voyage around the world.
A Tudor house of granite and slate above the River Tamar, kept almost unchanged for centuries, with tapestries, armour and old furniture in dim, atmo…
A Regency house in a wooded valley on the edge of Exmoor, filled with the collections of Rosalie Chichester, who lived here until 1949: model ships, …
A lovely walk from Lynmouth up the wooded gorge of the East Lyn River to Watersmeet, where the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water meet in a series of waterf…
A dry valley running parallel to the sea just west of Lynton, lined with dramatic rocky tors and crags, and home to a herd of wild feral goats that c…
A Victorian cliff railway, opened in 1890, linking the twin villages of Lynmouth, at sea level, and Lynton, 150 m above on the cliff top.
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