On the weekend of 29 and 30 June, Overbeck’s will be celebrating its 75th birthday.

Thanks to its last resident, eccentric inventor Otto Overbeck, the house and garden was bequeathed to National Trust in 1938 and the same year the gates were opened to the public for the first time for just sixpence (6d). The Trust have been telling the story of Overbeck’s to visitors ever since.

Come and join us on this special weekend and help us celebrate. Overbeck’s staff will be offering a special high tea, with the addition of birthday cake, served on the lawn all day.

Regular admission applies, but members and anyone 75 and over will be admitted free. There is a fun ‘Palm Trail’ for kids with an authentic sixpence as a prize.

In addition, there will be period music and an art auction by Overbeck’s artist in residence, Charlotte Atkinson; as well as a book signing by David Cohen, author of ‘Fields of Thyme’.

It will be a chance for everyone to have a good old-fashioned birthday celebration at one of the most beautiful and unique settings in Devon.