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The Gleneagles Hotel was a hotel in Torquay, Devon, England. The 41-bed establishment, which opened in the 1960s, was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers , a British situation comedy first broadcast in the mid-1970s.
Torquay (/ t ɔːr ˈ k iː / tor-KEE) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.It lies 18 miles (29 km) south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles (45 km) east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham.
The Grand Hotel is a hotel in Torquay, Devon. The Restaurant 1881 holds an AA Rosette for fine dining. [1] The hotel has 132 bedrooms and 4 floors. The Grand Hotel first opened in Torquay in 1881, in response to the Great Western Railway’s expansion into the South West. In 1926, it was one of the first hotels in the UK to install central heating.
Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England.It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons, and is now the best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and Cornwall.
Shiphay Manor is a Manor house in Torquay, Devon, England. Originally a monastic grange for nearby Torre Abbey, the current house was built in 1884 of red sandstone rubble. Adjacent is a ruined barn which has been designated a Grade II listed building. The house has been used as a hotel, a riding school, night club and then school building.
Howden Court Hotel. Howden Court Hotel in Torquay, Devon, is listed on the English Heritage Register as Grade II. [1] It was built in about 1860. Today it is a hotel.
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English: Old Town Hall, Torquay 213941 seen from the bottom of Union Street, below, and showing the impressive classical facade of limestone towering above the street. Date 8 May 2009