The Ness

We went to Shaldon and Teignmouth today, finishing  with an evening drink at the Ness, a lovely pub with rooms overlooking Teignmouth. Once it was a private house with some illustrious connections.  It was originally the residence of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh who was the Lord of the Manor.  In the early twentieth century it belonged to the Holders, the shipping magnates and it is believed that they constructed the tunnel to the beach to give themselves easy access. In 1895 Henry Forbes Julian rented Ness House.  He is famous for inventing and patenting the Patent Electrical Chemical Gold and Silver Extracting Apparatus.  He died in the Titanic disaster in April 1912.