Coleton Fishacre
Coleton Fishacre is a property consisting of a 24-acre (97,000 m2) garden and a house in the Arts and Crafts style, near Kingswear in Devon, England. The property has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1982.
The House
The house at Coleton Fishacre was built as a country home for
Although built as a country home, Lady Dorothy lived in the house as her primary residence by the later 1920s.[3] After the Cartes' divorce in 1941, their daughter, Bridget D'Oyly Carte, took over the house, which her father, who lived in London, would visit for long weekends. She sold the house in 1949, after his death, to Rowland Smith, owner of the Palace Hotel in Torquay.[4][2] Smith and his wife Freda kept up the property until his death in 1979.[5] The house is a Grade II listed building.[6]
The Garden
The garden at Coleton Fishacre runs down a narrow
National Trust
Coleton Fishacre was acquired by the National Trust in 1982 as part of its Project Neptune, with an eye to completing the South West Coast Path in that area. The garden was opened to the public immediately, while the house was let to tenants. The Trust finally opened the house to the public in 1999.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Coleton Fishacre", National Trust, accessed 5 August 2016
- ^ a b History, NationalTrust.org, accessed 16 May 2012
- ^ a b c Coleton Fishacre: National Monuments Record at PastScape, accessed 23 August 2010
- ^ See the Country Life magazine, 25 October 2007 feature on the house and gardens.
- ^ "The people of Coleton Fishacre", National Trust, accessed 1 July 2022
- ^ a b Historic England. "Coleton Fishacre (1000690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Kennedy, Maev. "An ideal cove", The Guardian, 15 May 1999, p. G7
- ^ Lisle, Nicola. "Return to former glories: Coleton Fishacre at Kingswear", 20 February 2017
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