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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
ENGLISH HOUSE DEMOLISHED
The English House on the Teignmouth Road, Maidencombe was demolished today to make way for a housing development. A particularly nostalgic moment for me as I can personally recall the history of the site from 1960 when it was the popular Rocombe Brae guest house. It then was converted into the Dartmoor Maiden, a licensed restaurant, before being sold in 2003. Finally, it was renamed the English House, also a restaurant and managed to eke out a living until a few years ago when it finally closed for business. It is noted that the house next door is up for sale.
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Rocombe Brae was owned by my Aunts who ran the guest house .I spent many pleasant summer vacations with them, sleeping in the loft above the garage in the late 1960,s
I was unaware that it was demolished, it was a really beautiful house reflecting the style of Torquay homes.
Many great memories.
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