National Trust - Overbeck's Museum and Garden, Shapitor, Devon
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Accessibility
Disability Toilet and Baby Changing Facilities.
"Overbeck's is not easily accesible to those using wheelchairs as there are loose gravel paths, steps and steep paths.
There is no accessible parking but drop off and pick up is available.
Sorry the toilets are unsuitable for wheelchair access.
Assistance dogs only in the garden.
Full access statement is below, but please note that some parts of this property will be closed on your visit."
https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/documents/access-guide/1431730097729-overbecks-garden.pdf
Brief description
"Tucked away on the cliffs above Salcombe is this hidden paradise: a subtropical garden, bursting with colour, filled with exotic and rare plants and surprises round every corner, which surrounds the seaside home of scientist and inventor Otto Overbeck. The views from the garden over the estuary and coast are truly breathtaking." + See https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/overbecks/features/the-house-at-overbecks
"Until 2014 the house was divided between a museum and a youth hostel. YHA Salcombe closed in 2014 when the agreement between the National Trust and The Youth Hostel Association broke down. The part of the house formerly used as the hostel is currently (2017) unused, and closed to the public.
The museum houses displays of some of Overbeck's inventions and collections of stuffed animals, and exhibitions of model sailing ships and various nautical and shipbuilding tools and effects. There are display photographs of boats and shipwrecks (such as the Herzogin Cecilie). A room in the middle of the house, one of whose entrances is a secret door concealed in the wooden panelling of the room outside, contains a display of dolls' houses, amongst which is placed by staff "Fred the friendly ghost" for child visitors to discover. The museum contains a Polyphon — a large musical box which plays music encoded as holes punched in large sheet-metal discs. There is a collection of discs of popular melodies of the day which are played from time to time during the day when the museum is open.[citation needed] There is also a collection of photographs by Edward Chapman who worked in and photographed Salcombe — including the building of the first house on the site — during the early 20th-century."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overbeck's
Address
Sharpitor, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8LW
overbecks@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone
01548 842893
Website
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/overbecks-garden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overbeck's
Directions
Opening Times
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https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/overbecks-garden#Facilities%20and%20access
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