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Overbecks has spectacular views over the Salcombe estuary,the home is set in a 7acre
garden filled with exotic and tender plants. Palms, Salvias and Olive trees growing along
with Bananas, Agaves and Acacias. Positioned on a high vantage point the garden is ar- The Terrace Late Afternoon Summer,
ranged in terraces each affording a unique view and vantage point of the surrounding coast
and garden. Overbecks , Salcombe
The painting instils a sense of suspended time, tea has been served at the upper terrace and Oil on panel x inches
where time is allowed to pass by, in summer the late afternoon light. The same vistas can
still be experienced today, and one can still enjoy refreshments on the top terrace.
In 1928 the Chemist Otto Overbeck bought Sharpitor for his retirement and lived there until
his death in 1937. When he had arranged for the estate to be left to the National Trust, on
the provision that the House and gardens would be renamed Overbecks. Otto Overbeck was
one of a long succession of gardening enthusiasts. that had refined and added to the
collection of plants and trees. The Palms act as a visual linkage between various sections of
the garden. Many of the Chusan Palms were planted by Otto Overbeck in the 1920’s
there are in all eight different varieties many self- seeding.