A La Ronde

Not really much here, i wasn’t impressed. However free entry if you’re a member :)

One of the most unusual buildings owned by the National Trust, this 16 sided property is a testament to English eccentricity! Built by two spinsters on their return from their grand tour in the 18^th Century this building is bound to inspire and intrigue.
The guides here are amongst the best that the NT has to offer and they will guide you through the myraid of tiny rooms with enthusiasm in buckets!
The highlight of the tour is the shell room in the top of the property. This, for reasons of preservation, now has to be viewed through CCTV but you are able to control the camera and zoom in on anything that takes your fancy.
The tea-​room in the basement of the property is well worth a visit and the food of excellent quality.
This is a small property and so groups can only be accommodated by arrangement. Bags must also be left in lockers at the start of the tour as the rooms are too small and fragile.

Visited here in the summer and found it fascinating.
The car park is quite large so there shouldnt be any issues parking. The house is set in lovely grounds filled with lovely flowers. Apparently its really nice in the Spring.
Although its quite small the rooms are really interesting and the guides are extremely helpful and know everything there is to know about the house. Its great that something like this does so well since its a lovely piece of history. Its very lucky to get some well devoted guides.
The shell room is amazing! In the past you could go up and have a look, but people were breaking pieces off or it was getting damaged so they added a video link. Its good fun though because you can control the camera using a joy stick and zoom in on any bits that you want to look at in more detail.
The tea rooms were very nice and the homemade soup we had very great! Esoecially because the day wasnt very warm! Nice to have a little drink after walking around.

A bizarre building close to Exmouth that is well worth a visit! It’s actually quite hard to describe without going into huge detail. It is basically a quite bonkers designed house, packed full of a variety of rooms, which in turn are packed full of all kinds of bits and bobs. There is even a room that has the walls covered in shells (although you have to look at this through a video link)
There are highly knowledgeable staff in almost all of the rooms willing to tell you in detail about the various parts of the building.
The tea-​shop in the basement is worth trying out — the soup we had was great. It’s also worth pointing out that it gives you shelter from the elements if the weather is bad — once we stepped outside the wind almost blew us into the sea!

This eccentric 16 sided house built at the end of the 18^th century is a fabulous time capsule. one of those little gems that the National Trust does so well.
The interior is mind blowing due to its complexity and miriad of artifacts.
The guides are friendly and so obviously interested and enthused by the house. they await you in each exquisite room to answer any questions and tell you interesting nuggets about the previous owners or about an artifact that you have pointed out.
There is a pleasant tea shop awaiting you at the end of your tour — standard cunning entrapment by the NT — but we have yet to enjoy the tasty smelling cream teas that waft from it. something for our next visit definitely!
A tardis of delights, but NOT for the infirm due to the many winding stairs and passages.