Minadab
History
The
Minadab Cottage has been a landmark on Devon's beautiful
coast for nearly two hundred years and has been popular
eating establishment for the past thirty years.
It was built in the 1820's as a home for Robert Young
who rose to the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy. According
to O'Brynes naval directory of 1849 he served with distinction
as The Battle of Trafalgar and was honoured with the task
of carrying the successful news of victory back to the
Admiralty in London by Lord Nelson himself.
The original cottage was apparently built in the shape
of a boat with rooms fore and aft and a rope ladder joining
the ground floor to the upper deck, now been replaced
with modern stairs!
A secret tunnel was also said to of run from the cobbled
wine cellar to the beach and it was a means that many
years ago, a previous owner returned from sea unexpected
and caught his wife with her lover!.
