The Ghost of Barnfield House

In the serene village of Dunsford, where South Devon’s emerald hills cradle the River Teign and Barnfield House stands cloaked in ivy and secrets, a spectral legend whispers through the centuries, the Ghost of Queen Henrietta Maria, a fragile figure in 17th-century dress haunting the manor’s ancient garden. Bound to the earth since her fleeting refuge there in 1644, when she paused her wartime flight from Exeter to Falmouth during the English Civil War, the queen’s mournful spirit drifts beneath the yews, her silver-grey gown and lace cap shimmering in the twilight before vanishing like mist. Her delicate presence, marked by the scent of lavender and a sigh on the wind, lingers as a poignant echo of a royal heart torn by exile, forever searching for solace in the quiet haven she once knew.