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The Arts Society Cambridge
A Visit to South Devon
Coleton Fishacre
Monday 18 - Friday 22 May 2020
A four night, five day tour by coach
MONDAY 18 MAY 2020
We will depart from Cambridge and travel by coach to Winchester where we will meet a resident guide for a
guided visit of Winchester Cathedral. The first church to be built on this site dates back to 648 but the present
building was begun in 1079. Originally a Benedictine monastery, the Cathedral was repeatedly modified until the
beginning of the early 16th century, and today boasts the oldest choir in England dating from 1308. We will continue
to Rick Stein, Winchester where lunch will be taken.
We will continue to Paignton, where we will check into the Redcliffe Hotel for four nights’ dinner, bed and
breakfast accommodation. Dinner will be taken in the hotel restaurant this evening.
TUESDAY 19 MAY 2020
We will depart from the hotel after breakfast and travel history of Buckfast Abbey and the
to Coleton Fishacre (National Trust). The house is Benedictine Community.
famed for its connection with the D’Oyly Carte family
and was built for Sir Rupert D’Oyly Carte between 1925 We will return to Paignton by coach and take the South
and 1926. The architect, Oswald Milne, trained under Devon Railway, where we will board a steam train
Sir Edwin Lutyens and the house is constructed to the to Totnes, where our coach will be waiting.
Arts and Crafts principles of simplicity of design and high
quality craftsmanship. The interior however follows the We will return to our hotel in Paignton where dinner
Art Deco trend. The property was taken over by the will be taken in the hotel restaurant.
National Trust in 1982. There will be time at leisure to
enjoy the beautiful gardens featuring rare and exotic THURSDAY 21 MAY 2020
plants which survive due their proximity to the This morning will commence with a visit to the
Gulf Stream. Britannia Royal Naval College. The stunning
Edwardian building in which the Britannia Royal Naval
We will continue by coach to Brixham, where there College is located sits on a hill overlooking the town of
will be free time to take lunch and wander. Dartmouth. It has been the initial officer training
establishment of the Royal Navy since 1863, although the
After lunch we will take the passenger ferry from current building dates from the early 1900s. We will
Brixham to Torquay, where we will visit Torre Abbey, enjoy a guided visit of the College and Museum which
a museum of history and art housed in an Ancient houses a collection of pictures and artefacts documenting
Scheduled Monument. The Abbey is considered the the history of the BRNC since its beginnings in 1863.
finest preserved example of a medieval monastery.
We will continue to the Seahorse Restaurant where
We will return to our hotel by coach. Dinner will be lunch will be taken.
taken in the hotel restaurant this evening.
We will continue to the ferry port near Dartmouth where
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 2020 we will take the ferry to Greenway for a visit to
This morning we will travel to Exeter for a visit to Greenway House (National Trust), the home of Agatha
Powderham Castle, the family home of the Courtenay Christie. The property is difficult to access by coach and
family, Earls of Devon. Powderham is not strictly we therefore have to gain access by ferry. Greenway
speaking a castle, as it has no keep or moat, although it House was constructed in the late 1490s and had a series
did have a curtain wall at one time. Several castle-like of prestigious owners prior to Mrs Mallowan (Agatha
features were added during extensive alterations in the Christie) taking up residence in 1938. It became the
19th century. The interior offers a mixture of medieval holiday home of her and her husband and they both spent
elements and 18th century decoration including tapestry, many hours working and developing the beautiful
art works and fine furniture. Our visit will include a gardens. The house was requisitioned by the Admiralty in
guided tour followed by time at leisure to explore the 1943 for the use of the United States Navy. Agatha
grounds and to take lunch. Christie resided here until 1959.
The afternoon will commence with a visit to Buckfast We will return to Dartmouth by ferry, where our coach
Abbey, a working monastery that dates back to 1018. will be ready to meet us and return to the hotel. Dinner
This is a free-flow visit and also includes access to the will be taken in the hotel restaurant.
Monastic Way, an interactive experience that details the
FRIDAY 22 MAY 2020
We will check out of the hotel after breakfast and travel Please note that as this tour has been arranged many months in
to Beaulieu which is located in the New Forest. There advance the final itinerary may vary from the above.
will be free time for lunch on arrival followed by a
guided tour of the Palace House, the ancestral home of
the Montagu family. There will be time at leisure
thereafter for further individual exploration of the House
and to visit the 13th century Abbey and the world famous
Motor Museum.
Following the visit we will re-join our coach for the
onward journey to Cambridge, arriving in the evening.
Greenway House
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