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            The site of 'Ashfield', on Barton Road, Torquay. 

A little above the village of Torre, 'Ashfield' was the birthplace of Agatha Christie. As the young Agatha Miller she grew up here with her parents and two older siblings, residing in the house until she married Archibald Christie on Christmas Eve 1914, at the age of 24. Agatha Christie went on to inherit the house, of which she had fond memories, but sold it reluctantly in 1940 and was unable to save it from being demolished in 1962. The small estate of housing to the left now occupies the site. A Torbay Civic Society plaque was unveiled here in 2007 to commemorate the former house and its famous occupant. 

The Christies' marriage was by accounts an unhappy one, and the couple divorced in 1928. She married the archaeologist Max Mallowan two years later and their marriage was much happier, the couple staying together until Agatha died in 1976. As she was already renowned as a writer of crime fiction she retained the Christie surname, although later in life she also held the title of Lady Mallowan.

Agatha Christie is the most successful crime writer of all time, and in the English language she has only been outsold by Shakespeare and the Bible. Each year a literary festival is held in her childhood home town of Torquay, to coincide with the date of her birth on 15th September 1890.

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Taken on: October 8, 2025

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