Cliff House, Cliff Road, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
This remarkable building is also known as Cliff House. It was built around 1830. A library extension was added in 1882 and a pavilion was added later in the 19th century. The front of the original building was altered around the early 20th century. The Cliff belonged to Dr T N Brushfield from 1882 to 1910. He was an antiquarian, a notable local historian, an authority on Sir Walter Raleigh and the third largest contributor to the Oxford Dictionary. The library was built to hold his collection of over 10,000 books and manuscripts. The Cliff is also said to have been a private school in the 19th century called the 'Academy for the Sons of Civil Servants in India'. Many middle class families lived and worked in India for long periods of time. Their sons were generally sent to boarding school in Britain.
