Sharpitor, Salcombe, Devon. TQ8 8LW
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Breathtaking views over Salcombe estuary from this dramatic cliff-top garden of hot colours and luxuriant growth.
Warm microclimate encourages encourages rare and tropical plants from all over the world.
Scientist and inventor Otto Overbeck's Edwardian house is filled with his life long enthusiasms. Local photos and seafaring treasures, collections of butterflies, birds' eggs and fossils, a Victorian jukebox and Otto's strange electrical 'rejuvenator'.
Secret room for children with dolls, tim soldiers and a friendly ghost....
Overbecks is open Saturday to Thursday from 13th March 2010.