National Trust.
A unique sixteen-sided house, built for two spinster cousins after their return from a grand tour in the 18th century. It looks like something from a child’s imagination, and its cramped rooms contain large collections of curious objects. There is a feather frieze composed of feathers of many species of birds, and on the top floor is a shell-encrusted gallery, said to be composed of about 25,000 shells, which because of its fragility and problems of access has to be viewed by closed circuit television. Outside is a small garden, and there are great views of the Exe estuary.
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