Clovelly, Devon - harbour with paddle steamers c.1905 - repro postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Clovelly, North Devon - c.1905 - old photo on modern card
• Publisher:  Clovelly Estate Ltd.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Clovelly is a small village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. It is a major tourist attraction, exceptional in its history and beauty, its extremely steep car-free cobbled main street, donkeys and its location looking out over the Bristol Channel. Thick woods shelter it and render the climate so mild that even tender plants flourish. As of the 2011 Census the civil parish itself that includes the Isle of Lundy had a population of just 443 people, 50 fewer than ten years previously.^{[n 1][1]}

The village has one public house and one hotel.

The village main street is not accessible by motor vehicle, although there is a road leading to the harbour with parking limited to staying guests of the Red Lion Hotel^[2] and locals with permits. Visitors can park at the end of the B3237 road above the village, at the visitor centre, where there is a café and shops selling gifts, books, and fudge. A taxi service operates in summer between the car park and the harbour, using Land Rover vehicles.

The Village is served by Stagecoach bus service 319; the route includes Barnstaple, Bideford and Hartland.^[3]

The estate is run by the Clovelly Estate Company, under the leadership of the Hon. John Rous, a descendant of the Hamlyn family who have owned the village, estate and manor house Clovelly Court since 1738. John Rous is the eldest son of the Hon. Mary Rous and Keith Rous, the 5th Earl of Stradbroke.^[3]

Visitor Centre

Despite information to the contrary being circulated by the company the estate has no legal right to charge for entry to the village although it has every right to charge for access to its visitor centre, museums and passage through the building, It is legal to enter the village from any other entrance point with no toll payable.

A Visitor Centre owned by the Clovelly Estate Company has been built across the main street of the village, enterance at the top of the hill during opening hours is only available through this building. The visitor centre opens at 9.00am every day in the peak summer season. It is possible to enter the village at the top of the hill, avoiding the visitor centre via a gate which is unlocked, outside of these hours.

The visitor centre has been operational since 1988, The entrance fee to the visitor centre as of May 2012 is £6.50 for adults, £4.00 for children and £17.00 for a family of four. The fee covers all-day car parking, entry to two museums in the village - the Kingsley Museum and the Fisherman's Cottage - and a 15-minute film show of the village story, as well as use of the WC facilities in the visitor centre.

Other

There is also a public road leading down to the harbour which ends at the lower car park. It is possible to access the village beyond the car park, without paying any fee, as the roads are owned and maintained by the local council. There are also various other entrance points around the village.

Clovelly used to be a fishing village and in 1901 had a population of 621. It is a cluster of largely wattle and daub cottages on the sides of a rocky cleft; its steep main street descends 400 feet (120 m) to the pier, too steeply to allow wheeled traffic. Sledges are used for the movement of goods. The quaint street is lined with houses, a small number of shops, a cafe and a public house. All Saints' Church, restored in 1866, is late Norman, containing several monuments to the Cary family, Lords of the Manor for 600 years.

Unusually, the village is still privately owned and has been associated with only three families since the middle of the 13th century, nearly 800 years. The scenery has been captured by artists for its richness of colour, especially in the separately accessed and separated Clovelly Court and along The Hobby, a road cut through the woods and overlooking the sea. The South West Coast Path National Trail runs from the top of the village and the section from Clovelly to Hartland Quay is particularly spectacular.

Each of the buildings along the terraced cobbled street is architecturally listed: more than 50 of these 71 are on the main street itself. Only seven buildings are not listed. At a higher level of build or antiquity, Grade II*, are numbers 16, and 45-47, 53-54, (53 has the house name Crazy Kate's) and 59-61.^[4]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=devon

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted