Torridge House

Torridge House was built by Molesworth intending to become a sanatorium but later became a guest house.

Highgate School was evacuated here during WW2. It was then taken over by the Army and was the headquarters of C.O.X.E.

It is now apartments named Kingsley Court.

Bideford Gazette January 1906:

Torridge Boarding House. Fashionable Boarding House under same management for 37 years. Private families and Golfers accommodation opposite Union Club, overlooking and within a few minutes walk of the sea. Terms on Application to management.

HIGHGATE SCHOOL

With the second world war looming in 1938 this school made plans to evacuate its pupils to westward Ho! The governers signed an agreement in February 1939 giving them the option of 4 years lease on Buckleigh Place.
The other properties to be occupied in Westward Ho! were The Merley (now The Pier House) and Rockingham Hotels.

COOPERATIVE HOLIDAYS ASSOCIATION

In the 1950’s Cooperative Holidays Association owned [or just ran, the full details are not known at this time] the property and it was a popular holiday location. 

Above from 1955 is a photo of a group of guests staying at the time [with thanks to Terry Farebrother, in the front row with his elder brothers (they were 6, 8 and 11) with their parents behind].