Guest Comments
14/08/2017 - Roy & Mary
What a great place, Welcome - Breakfast, clean warm homely place, just like being at home!!
A BIG THANK YOU.
18/08/2017 - Karen + Kevin
Wonderful Time
Great Breakfast
And Accommodation
20/8/2017 - Janet & Dennis
Birmingham
A pleasant 4 days break. Good food & pleasant hosts. Very enjoyable. Thankyou.
Isaac Merrit Singer built Oldway Mansion, and
many of the prominent buildings in Paignton, invented the singer
sewing machine, portable and afordable for use in the home.
Double Bed
En-suite Shower
Greenway House was Agatha Christie's country retreat where she wrote many of her books, using local landmarks as inspiration and content for her novels.
Two 2ft 6" single beds
or linked together
making a 5ft Kingsize bed
En-suite Shower
After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was imprisoned on HMS Bellerophon which was anchored in Torbay for a while making Napoleon the bays frist major tourist attraction.
Double bed &
3ft 6" bunk beds
En-suite bath with shower.
The Pirates of Penzance was premiered at the Royal Bijou Theater Paignton. The D'Oyly Carte family who produced many Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, lived at Coleton Fishacre.
Two 3ft 6" Single Beds
En-suite Shower
A replica of Drake's ship the Golden Hind can be seen at Brixham Harbour, his house Buckland Abbey and 'Drake's Drum ' are only 40 mins away.
Double Bed
En-suite Shower
Brunel built the railway that still links Penzance with London via Paignton and the South Devon Coast. He also built the station at Dartmouth which is one of the only stations in England to have never seen a train.
Superior Double Bed
En-suite bath with shower over.
Kingsize Bed
En-suite Shower
Nelson visited Torbay on many occassions staying at Torre Abbey in 1801. French Prisoners from the Napolionic wars were housed in the Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey also.
Kingsize Bed
En-suite Shower
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