Easter Day, Sunday 20th April 2025
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Easter Day, Sunday 20th April 2025
Wellswood Hall Gateposts, Wellswood Avenue, Torquay.
These are the only surviving remains of Wellswood Hall, a large mansion built in 1840 in the then-popular Italianate style for the March-Phillips family. Wellswood Hall was sold in 1932 and gradually the estate was broken up and built upon; the Hall itself survived as a hotel until 1975 after which it was demolished.
Wellswood Avenue, which was laid out in the 1930s, ends here; however there is a footpath link through to Marlborough Close which is built on the site of the Hall. This leads on to Lower Warberry Road, adjacent to where Wellswood Path crosses.
Easter Saturday, 19th April 2025
Lower Lodge in Cockington, Torbay, is a Grade II listed building that dates back to the early to mid-19th century. It is made of local stone rubble with red sandstone quoins and Bathstone detail, and has a gabled slate roof. The lodge is terraced into the hillslope, and a sunken drive to Cockington Court passes through the middle of it, while a lane is carried over the drive behind the lodge.
Lower Lodge in Cockington, Torbay, is a Grade II listed building that dates back to the early to mid-19th century. It is made of local stone rubble with red sandstone quoins and Bathstone detail, and has a gabled slate roof. The lodge is terraced into the hillslope, and a sunken drive to Cockington Court passes through the middle of it, while a lane is carried over the drive behind the lodge.
We spent the afternoon at Meadfoot - an our friend Joe turned up with his bus!
526 - C526 FFJ - is a former Bayline Carlyle-bodied Ford Transit minibus, one of many which entered service in Torquay and throughout Devon during the 1980s. They transformed local bus services by offering high-frequency, hail-and-ride services. 526 is the only former Bayline Ford Transit to survive in preservation and is garaged in South Devon.
Maundy Thursday, 17th April 2025
This new development in St Marychurch is on the site of a former electricity substation. A replica plaque has been installed which commemorates the history of the site.
Wednesday 16th April 2025
Believed to have been a settlement here since at least Saxon times, the Doomsday book of 1066 implies that it was a thriving place during the 1080’s.
Rose Cottage. Traditionally this was the home of the Blacksmith but was also the birthplace of Robert Sweet, a renowned horticulturist. It has also been used as a Post Office and village store and between the years 1933-1939 was used by handloom weavers.
After several weeks of dry, warm Spring weather - rain and mist is back.
St Marychurch, Torquay.
Tuesday 15th April 2025
