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Agatha Christie
South Lodge at Greenway, Devon
The main house is so well preserved itâs as if Agatha Christie just stepped outside. In the drawing room it takes little imagination to picture yourself listening to one of her manuscript readings. If you are inclined to detective work, youâll work out for yourself that the scratch marks on the bedroom door were made by the family dog. Christieâs holiday house, Greenway, is gracious and beautifully proportioned. It sits high above the River Dart, amid extensive grounds that slope steeply down to the water. âThe loveliest place in the world,â is how she described it. Christie left it to her daughter, who passed it to her son, and he gifted it to the National Trust in 2005. Staying in South Lodge â once the gardenerâs cottage, and one of three NT cottages to rent on the estate â you could spend all day watching light dance on the river, boats passing and