Vicarage?!
Juliette
Torquay
Hello! As a keen Christie fans, we were excited to recently purchase a
large Victorian villa, Heathcliff House, Newton Road, close to the
original site of Ashfield in Barton Road, Torquay, Agatha's childhood
home. A photograph of the property can be seen at
www.heathcliffhouse.co.uk. The house has been used as a bed and
breakfast for a significant number of years and we continue to ply this
trade from the premises. The house is the former vicarage for St
Saviour's church which is now the Greek Orthodox Church. We understand
from a number of recent returning guests (who told us the same story
independently of one another) that there used to be a plaque on the
house stating that Agatha Christie used the vicarage as the layout for
vicarages in her books. We don't have this plaque but are very
interested to know if anyone has any knowledge of this information as it
would make a simply wonderful story to share on our website and
facebook page! We have had guests staying from afar as Germany,
Australia and the USA coming to walk the Christie Mile and visit the
blue plaque in Barton Road as well as the beautiful Greenway. Any help
with verifying this story would be greatly appreciated!
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