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HOUSE OF REST, PLYMPTON

It was in 1878 that the Sisters of Charity, from Knowle in Bristol, set up a House of Rest for convalescents in a house on the main road at Plympton.   It had been dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary and blessed by the Reverend Prynne, the first incumbent of St Peter's Church in Plymouth. The original St Elizabeth House of Rest on the Ridgeway at Plympton, Plymouth

Unfortunately, by the 1920s the traffic using the main road from Exeter to Plymouth was so heavy that it became imperaitive to find a quieter location.  The Sisters thus acquired Erle Hall, which had previously been the home of the Buller family and was situated away from the main road.  On October 13th 1926 each room in the House was blessed by the then vicar of St Peter's Church, the Reverend Hardy, and the chapel dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary.

St Elizabeth's has recently been converted in to a hotel and restaurant.

 

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