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Fort Charles, also known as Salcombe Castle, famously served as the last Royalist stronghold in the country to surrender to Parliamentary forces, holding out under siege until May 7, 1646.

It is now a ruined 16th-century coastal artillery fort located on a rocky outcrop just off North Sands beach in Salcombe, Devon.
Construction of the castle began in 1544 by order of King Henry VIII during a French invasion scare to defend the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary and Salcombe Harbour. It was then re-occupied and strengthened in 1643 under Royalist commander Sir Edmund Fortescue and renamed Fort Charles.#salcombe #devon #travel #castle #History

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The present building began in around 1320, when Geoffrey Gilbert built a manor house after his marriage to Joan, daughter and heiress of William de Compton. The property subsequently remained closely associated with the Gilbert family for around 600 years.
The castle was substantially altered during the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Compton Castle is particularly associated with Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1537–1583), the Elizabethan navigator, soldier and explorer. Gilbert received Letters Patent from Queen Elizabeth I in 1578, authorising him to explore and claim territories not held by a Christian ruler. In 1583 he sailed to North America with a fleet carrying colonists and claimed Newfoundland for Elizabeth I. Later that year, while returning across the Atlantic, his ship Squirrel was lost in a storm near the Azores and Gilbert died with his crew.

Gilbert was also the half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, another prominent figure in England’s Elizabethan overseas expansion.

By around 1750, the Gilbert family had left Compton and the property subsequently became a farm. The castle fell into considerable disrepair: by the 18th century the Great Hall had collapsed and, by the 19th century, much of the building was roofless and overgrown.

A major restoration began in the 20th century after Commander Walter Raleigh Gilbert purchased the castle in 1931. Working with his wife Joan and specialist conservation craftsmen, he undertook an extensive programme of restoration.

I loved the dressing up section here, I do feel I was born in the wrong clothing era as I would love to wear these kinds of clothes and it was so fun trying them on!

📍 Compton Castle, Marldon, Devon
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Coleton Fishacre was the country home of the D’Oyly Carte family, built in the Arts & Crafts style, the property is imbued with Art Deco elegance. Rupert and Lady Dorothy commissioned renowned architect Oswald Milne to design Coleton Fishacre.

Rupert was the son of Richard D’Oyly Carte a famous impresario and hotelier. In 1975 he asked the dramatist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan to collaborate on a short comic opera to round out an evening’s entertainment. When that work, Trial by Jury, became a success, Carte put together a syndicate to produce the full-length Gilbert and Sullivan.

He also built the Savoy group including the Savoy Theatre (the first public building lit entirely by electricity) and founded luxury hotels such as the Savoy Hotel, Claridge’s, and the Berkeley. #travel #coletonfishacre #nationaltrust #paignton #devon

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Coleton Fishacre was the country home of the D’Oyly Carte family, built in the Arts & Crafts style, the property is imbued with Art Deco elegance. Rupert and Lady Dorothy commissioned renowned architect Oswald Milne to design Coleton Fishacre.

Rupert was the son of Richard D’Oyly Carte a famous impresario and hotelier. In 1975 he asked the dramatist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan to collaborate on a short comic opera to round out an evening’s entertainment. When that work, Trial by Jury, became a success, Carte put together a syndicate to produce the full-length Gilbert and Sullivan.

He also built the Savoy group including the Savoy Theatre (the first public building lit entirely by electricity) and founded luxury hotels such as the Savoy Hotel, Claridge’s, and the Berkeley. #travel #coletonfishacre #nationaltrust #paignton #devon

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Devon’s Mew stone, shag stone and dragons tail. The Mew Stone is the largest of the rocks and is an important seabird site and is also notable for grey seals; the National Trust describes it as the most easterly place in the English Channel where grey seals haul out on land.
The Shag Stone is one of the smaller rocky companions around the Mew Stone.
The Dragon’s Tail is formed of a group of offshore rocks/reefs, they are a known place for spotting seals. #shagstone #mewstone #dragonstail #devon #secretdevon

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How cute was this little cafe in Totnes @the.hairy.barista they also had lots of raw vegan cakes and deserts. #vegan #cafe #coffee

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I was in Totnes in which is a cute little town in Devon. It has a spiritual feel and most of the shops are spiritual, natural or health based. They collectively favour independent shops and there are practically no chain shops.

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I was in Totnes in which is a cute little town in Devon. It has a spiritual feel and most of the shops are spiritual, natural or health based. They collectively favour independent shops and there are practically no chain shops.

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St Mary’s church in Totnes was completed in 1450, it is probably the third church on this site, its predecessor being dedicated in 1259 which had replaced an earlier Saxon church.
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In 1867 the Victorians began work on the restoration and reordering of the church under the architect Sir George Scott. The windows were rebuilt, the north aisle was extended. Much of the woodwork dates from this period, including the pews with bend ends carved by Harry Hems and the restored oak wagon roof with its gold painted bosses and angels (in the sanctuary). many of the figurative stained glass windows came from the Edwardian era.
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Mandrake hotel part III

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