| OLDWAY MANSION | TORRE ABBEY | KENTS CAVERN |
| Paignton | Torquay | Torquay |
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| Designed and built for Isaac Merritt Singer, | Torre Abbey is Torquay's oldest (1196) building | Travel through a million years and back in a day. |
| inventor of the sewing machine, the building, | Founded by the Premonstratensian monks, the | Stand where Stone Age Britons did half a million |
| was designed in the French classical style. | abbey comprises of 2 Grade-1 listed buildings, | years ago. Early man, and beasts such as the cave |
| The mansion was completed but Isaac died | as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. | bear and woolly rhino, lived in and around this |
| in 1875, never having lived in the property. | Now housing art works of national importance, | world famous archaeological and geological site. |
| The 3rd son, Paris, inherited Oldway and | visitors can experience an "Antique Hunt" and | |
| made major alterations, copying features | identify originals from fakes. | Absorb two million years of Nature's artistry in |
| from the Palace of Versailles (entrance hall | | the stalaclite and stalagmite formations as you |
| ceiling and hall of mirrors) and the | The neighbouring "Spanish Barn", one of Britain's | wander through the unique passages and chambers. |
| Fontainebleau Castle. | most complete early medieval barns, was given it's | |
| Isodara Duncan, celebrated dancer, lived | name in 1588 when it housed 400 prisoners from the | All visits through the cave system are accompanied |
| and danced here as the mistress of Paris. | Spanish Armada. | and interpreted by expert guides. |
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Kents Cavern |
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