Tor Royal Farm B&B, Yelverton

Located on the top of Dartmoor, Tor Royal is an ideal stopover on Dartmoor for a stay in Devon, with direct access to Dartmoor National Park. Tor Royal Farm offers double, single and twin en-suite rooms, with a choice of bath or shower, furnished with period furniture. Also available are ground floor room decorated in Art Deco style. All rooms have tea and coffee making facilities.

Tor Royal dates from 1785 when Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt with his plan of farming Dartmoor started building his home on the Peat Cott/Whiteworks road. Tor Royal Farm is Grade II listed with a walled courtyard featuring a Bell Tower. The interior boasts a domed ceiling with lantern and an unusual plaster frieze depicting the Princetown Tramway, the plans of which were reputedly drawn up in the house. There is a single storey suite of rooms with a fleur-de-lis frieze and ornately decorated doors obtained from Carlton House in London when it was demolished. The House has arched doorways to the domed reception room and many original Georgian features. A walled garden below the Devonport leat has been roofed over and now houses cattle and sheep in the winter months. Tor Royal has remained in Duchy ownership through the years and in the early 1900’s the then Duke of Cornwall took an interest in the breeding of Dartmoor Ponies at Tor Royal Stud registering ownership of 26 Dartmoor Mares. The one notable pony Stallion to be bred at Tor Royal being ’The Leat’ whose breeding was a result of a local Moorland Mare and the Arab Stallion ’Dwarka’. The Leat proved to be a very successful stallion and many of today’s successful Dartmoor ponies have his blood running in their veins. Breakfast is served in the Royal Suite with local Dartmoor produce where possible, with fruit and veg traditionally grown in the Tamar Valley and when available sausages from the local breed of British Lop pigs. Breakfast at Tor Royal: Fresh fruit, fruit juice, choice of cereals, hot creamy porridge Traditional English Full cooked: Free range eggs, Local bacon, butchers sausages, mushroom and cherry tomatoes Bacon sandwich Eggs Tor Royal: English muffin, free range egg, smoked salmon and homemade hollandaise sauce Smoked Haddock and poached egg Mushrooms, tomatoes or eggs (scrambled, poached or fried) on toast Simple boiled egg with soldiers As Tor Royal is situated in the middle of the Dartmoor National Park, there is plenty of walking on the doorstep. Tors, valleys, rivers and bogs with a lot of flora and fauna. Free Wi Fi and internet available. Laundry by request.

Facilities

• 17th century buildings
• Breakfast Included
• Parking (free)
• No smoking
• Child Friendly
• Dog/Pet friendly
• B&B
• 4 Star Official Rating
• Historic Property
• Free broadband access (wired)
• Private/enclosed garden
• Garden furniture
• Children's highchairs
• Television
• Book library
• Luggage storage
• Linen included
• Towels included
• Sitting room
• Iron/ironing board
• Hair dryers
• DVD player
• Central heating
• Tea room
• Cooked breakfast (included)
• Lunch available (at additional cost)
• Dinner available (at additional cost)
• Recommended walks
• Pub (walking distance)
• Museums (walking distance)
• Historic houses
• Gardens
• Golf course (a short drive)
• Recommended restaurants (walking distance)
• Recommended restaurants (a short drive)

Arrival information

Directions: From the South leave the M25 at junction 12 then join the M3 signposted Basingstoke, Southampton. Leave the M3 at junction 8, merge onto the A303 signposted the South West, Andover, continue on the A303 for approximately 85 miles then continue onto the A30 signposted Exeter, Honiton, branch left and join the M5 Plymouth. Continue forward at junction 31 A38, after 8 miles bear left and then turn right signposted Ashburton. Bear left, continue forward onto Holne Bridge, turn right then after 2 miles bear left onto Newbridge Hill. After 3 miles bear right onto the B3357 signposted Dartmeet, continue forward on the B3357 signposted Tavistock, then turn left onto the B3212 signposted Princetown after just over 1 mile turn left.