GWR100 Loc: England

Travel back in time to the Jazz Age at the country home of the D'Oyly Carte family, founders of the D’Oyly Carte Oprea Company that performed the works of Gilbert & Sullivan.
Coleton Fishacre, a property consisting of a 24-acre garden and a house in the Arts and Crafts style, situated in Kingswear, Devon, England. The house at Coleton Fishacre was built as a country home for Rupert D'Oyly Carte and his wife, Lady Dorothy Carte, between 1923 and 1926. The architect was Oswald Milne, a former assistant to Edwin Lutyens, who designed the house with the principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement in mind: simplicity of design and quality of craftsmanship. The influence of this older movement notwithstanding, the house is influenced by its own time, especially in its Art Deco interior.. The structure is built of local slate rubble with a Delabole slate roof.
The garden at Coleton Fishacre runs down a narrow combe from the house to the sea at Pudcombe Cove. The garden, originally planted by Lady Dorothy, features rare and exotic plants, some of which are unusual in their ability to grow outside a tropical climate due to the proximity of the Gulf Stream to this part of the coast of Devon. Lady Dorothy was noted for retrieving exotic plant species for the garden during her journeys abroad. The Cartes employed a staff of six to maintain the garden, compared with a staff of four to run the house.Although built as a country home, Lady Dorothy lived in the house as her primary residence by the later 1920s. 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.

COLTON FISHACRE HOUSE

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THE LIBRERY

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SMOKING LOUNGE

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THE MAIN LOUNGE

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ART DECO VASE

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PUDCOMBE COVE

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DebAnn Loc: Toronto

You've captured quite a beauty. Thanks for sharing such an interesting story and photos.

GWR100 Loc: England

Thanks very much DebAnn, its a pleasure to shear the with you,

Geoff

ediesaul

Thanks very much for the tour and history. A beautiful home, but, more important to me, gorgeous photography!!!!

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great set Geoff.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

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GWR100 Loc: England

That very kind of you Edie, and I pleased you found it interesting, thanks you again, its much appreciated,


Geoff

GWR100 Loc: England

Cheers Ernest, its always good to hear from you, thanks a lot,

Geoff

JohnCl Loc: Central Arizona

Thank you for sharing this. What a beautiful home and garden setting.

John Lawrence

Great pictures with an interesting story, Geoff.

GWR100 Loc: England

Its my pleasure John, and thank you fro your feedback, its very much appreciated,

Geoff

GWR100 Loc: England

Cheers John, its always good to hear from, thanks very much,

Geoff

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

A beautiful home, and actually looks quite warm and livable. Excellent shots and history, much enjoyed.

In noting the fine gardens and landscaping here, I shall have to get after my own garden staff, who have been rather lax of late in the performance of their duties... : (

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

Thank you so much Geoff for the grand tour and history of a gorgeous place...loved all the photos but the first and last were just stunning!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

GWR100 Loc: England

Its a house I would love to live in, my guess is if it were ever for sale, which it wont be, it wold be around 5 million pounds, and worth every penny,---as for your garden, its about time Sir Martian got of his regal backside and started earning his crust, your far to lenient with him Tp,

Geoff