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Greenway, also known as Greenway House, is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust. The estate is served by a steam railway service with trains from Paignton and Kingswear stopping at Greenway Halt station.
Ashfield in about 1900. This view is the back of the house. The Conservatory is on the extreme right and is labelled in the Ordnance map below. Ashfield in Torquay, Devon was the childhood home of Agatha Christie. She lived there from her birth until the time of her marriage, and intermittently thereafter.
Agatha Christie purchased the house in 1934, and died there in 1976. [1] The house was Grade II listed in 1986. [2] The blue plaque on Winterbrook House. There is a blue plaque on the house by the front door to mark the period of residency of Agatha Christie and her second husband Sir Max Mallowan.
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The last private owner of Abney Hall was the great grandson of Sir James Watts (1804–1878). He was also named James Watts and was the only nephew of Agatha Christie; his father, also named James Watts, married Agatha's sister, Margaret Frary Miller, in 1902. [7]
The references to Compton Castle and the zoo are obscure. It is possible that the house "Chimneys" is based on Compton Castle, but Abney Hall is equally probable. Christie gives no description of “Chimneys” in the book, merely stating that "Descriptions of that historic place can be found in any guidebook.” [15]
Peril at End House is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by the Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1932 [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March of the same year. [2] The US edition retailed at $2.00 [1] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). [2]
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