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Quirky 18th-century house with fascinating interior decoration and collections. This unique 16-sided house was built on the instructions of two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter, on their return from a grand tour of Europe. Completed c.1796, ...
Intimate and intriguing Regency house, set in extensive estate, and impressive collection of horse-drawn vehicles. Hidden in a wooded valley on the edge of Exmoor, the Arlington estate houses numerous extraordinary collections. The house is crowded w...
Small medieval manor house set in woodland and meadows. Given to the National Trust in 1938 by Mrs A. H. Woolner, the house, which has a fine east front and chapel, is still lived in and managed by her family....
Charming vernacular buildings with mill and forge restored to working order . The Old Bakery is a stone-built and partially rendered building beneath thatch, which at the time of its closure as a business in 1987 was the last traditional working bake...
700-year-old building with fine 16th-century great hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville. Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The...
The 'last castle to be built in England', set above the Teign Gorge with dramatic views over Dartmoor. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built between 1911 and 1931 for the self-made food retailing millionaire Julius Drewe, the castle is a masterpiec...
Fine two-storey granite building dating from c.1540. Originally a place where 'church ales' were held in the 16th and 17th centuries ('ales' being parish festivities raising funds for the church), the building later became almshouses, a school and a...
Arts and Crafts-style house with elegant Art Deco-influenced interior, set amid gardens in a spectacular coastal setting. Built in a stream-fed valley on a beautiful stretch of the NT-protected South Devon coastline, the house was designed in 1925 fo...
Dramatic fortified manor house. Built between the 14th and 16th centuries, the castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the last 600 years. Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583) was coloniser of Newfoundland and half-brother to Sir Walter Ra...
Fascinating 19th-century water-powered forge in working order. In its heyday the foundry produced agricultural and mining hand tools. Regular demonstrations throughout the day show the three waterwheels driving the huge tilt hammer and grindstone and...
This is an extraordinary glimpse into the private holiday home of the famous and much-loved author Agatha Christie and her family. The relaxed and atmospheric house is set in the 1950s, and contains many of the family's collections, including archaeo...
Fine 18th-century house with costume collection, hillside garden and estate. Built for the Acland family in 1778, the house is furnished as a comfortable home. The Paulise de Bush collection of 18th- to 20th-century costume is displayed in period roo...
Charming example of a 1950s Post Office Room with cottage garden. This small thatched cottage housed the village post office. Outside are a wash-house, double-seated privy and chicken house....
Water-powered grain mill in working order. Believed to date from the early 19th century, the mill is in an idyllic setting by the River Clyst....
Thatched medieval cob house with interesting interior. Constructed of cob (a mixture of clay and straw), the house contains a cross-passage screen decorated with painted decorative 'grotesque' work and a landscape scene with St Andrew. In the garden ...
Discover Knightshayes, a gothic Victorian mansion set in the heart of the rolling mid Devon countryside. There’s plenty to see from looming gargoyles, imaginative carvings including the ‘seven deadly sins’ and the medieval great hall comple...
17th-century Baptist meeting house. Around 1653 the Baptist congregation of the nearby village of Kilmington constructed this simple building dug into the hillside. They attended services here at the risk of imprisonment or transportation. The interi...
Unspoilt island, home to a fascinating array of wildlife amidst dramatic scenery. Undisturbed by cars, the island encompasses a small village with an inn and Victorian church, and the 13th-century Marisco Castle. Of interest to nature-lovers are the ...
Spectacular river gorge and waterfall. This famous gorge is 1 miles long and can be viewed from a circular walk, which starts high above the river and passes through attractive oak woods before dropping down to the dramatic 30m-high White Lady waterf...
A coastal village with a small, pretty beach and a charming 19th-century mill, which is now a tea-room. With beautiful views, excellent rock pooling and a great starting point for coastal and inland walks, Wembury, near the Yealm estuary, is a popula...
Elegant Edwardian house with diverse collections and luxuriant coastal garden. This beautiful garden offers spectacular views over the Salcombe estuary and surrounding coast. The 2.75-hectare (7-acre) garden has an intimate and informal atmosphere an...
Magnificent Georgian house with Adam interiors, gardens and landscaped parkland. Saltram stands high above the River Plym in a rolling and wooded landscaped park that now provides precious green space on the outskirts of Plymouth. The house, with its...
Medieval manor house with later architectural features. Shute Barton is one of the most important surviving non-fortified manor houses of the Middle Ages. Begun in 1380, completed in the late 16th century, then partly demolished in the late 18th cent...
19th-century former fishing lodge in a picturesque setting. Built c.1832 in a valley at the confluence of the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water, the house now serves as a NT shop, with refreshments and information. The site has been a tea-garden since 1901...
Parke Estate is a peaceful retreat set within the beautiful Devon countryside, with the River Bovey meandering through wildlife-rich woodlands.
The walled garden dates back to the 1800s, when it would probably have supplied mainly soft fruit for ...
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