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Cockington Court

A day of makers, gardens and little discoveries

Cockington, Devon

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A PLACE WORTH KNOWING

A day of makers, gardens and little discoveries

A manor house and creative studios surrounded by parkland, with a café and handmade finds to build a gentle day around.

Cockington Court is a lovely place to give yourself time to wander. Begin at the manor house, then follow your curiosity into the craft centre, where independent makers work across glass, metal, wood, ceramics and more. The studios have individual opening patterns, so check with a particular maker if seeing them is the reason for your trip. Between visits, there is room to stretch the day into the surrounding country park: garden spaces, woodland and three ornamental lakes offer different routes to explore. Pause at Seven Dials Café, browse the Craft Shop, or walk back towards the village for another stop. The separate features below help you choose your own combination.

The lovely little details

Free admission to Cockington Court.
Working studios, a craft shop and Seven Dials Café.
Surrounded by 450 acres of country park.

SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR

Follow your curiosity

Choose a few of the separate maker features and leave time for a parkland wander.

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THE USEFUL LITTLE DETAILS

Make a little plan.

Find them here

Cockington Court, Cockington, Torquay, Devon TQ2 6XA

Open directions

Getting there

Follow signs for Cockington Court. Paid car parks serve the estate; check closing times before leaving your car.

Before you set off

Contact the Court or individual maker for visit enquiries and workshop arrangements.

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Opening

The Craft Shop lists daily opening from 10.30am to 5pm. Individual maker hours vary.

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Parking

Craft Centre and Cycle Hub car parks list 7am–7pm access; village parking is open 24 hours. Charges apply.

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Dogs

Keep dogs on leads around the manor, café, studio areas and gardens.

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Details checked 25 October 2026. Opening times, menus and access arrangements can change; confirm anything essential directly before travelling.

About this feature & our sources

This is an editorial discovery, researched from the venue’s own information and any visitor sources linked here. It is not a paid partnership or a first-hand review. Individual visitor tips reflect that person’s experience; they are not a live rating or a promise about your visit.

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MAKE A LITTLE DAY OF IT

What you’ll find here.

Explore the individual businesses around Cockington Court. Studio hours vary; arrange workshops and appointment-only visits with the maker.

Food & treats

Stone exterior and Seven Dials sign at Cockington Court

Seven Dials interior with wooden tables and blue chairs

Coffee being prepared beside cakes at Seven Dials

Visitors sharing drinks at a window table in Seven Dials

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Seven Dials Café

Homemade scones, courtyard tables and a welcoming café inside Cockington Court.

Cream teaCourtyard

Freshly baked loaves photographed by Breadford’s Sourdough

Sourdough loaves proving in baskets at Breadford’s

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Breadford’s Sourdough

An artisan sourdough micro-bakery in Cockington Court’s Sea Change Studios, with bread to bring home.

Artisan bakerySourdough

Shops & galleries

Visitors browsing handmade gifts in Cockington Court Craft Shop

Map-faced clocks displayed in the Craft Shop

A boxed handmade glass serving board in the Craft Shop

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Cockington Court Craft Shop

Browse handmade gifts and art at the Court’s Visitor Welcome Point, with a changing selection from local artists and makers.

Handmade giftsLocal makers

Chrystine Jones holding framed metal artwork in her studio

Hands shaping a small piece of metal at a workbench

Framed ammonite-shaped metal artwork on a black mount

Blue spiral metal artwork in a white frame

Sculptural ammonite form in richly textured metal

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Chrystine Jones Artist

Pewter artwork and jewellery inspired by the English Riviera, made at Sea Change Studios.

Artisan jewelleryCoastal art

Dressmaking table and bridal gowns inside Dandelions and Pearls

Lynsey working with fabric on the studio cutting table

Rail of garments beside a gold-framed mirror

Pale bridal gown displayed beside the studio window

Lynsey seated at a sewing machine in the atelier

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Dandelions and Pearls

A working bridal atelier creating bespoke gowns and occasion wear at Cockington Court.

Bespoke bridalDressmaking

Vita holding a large green and white bouquet outside her studio

Small decorated arrangements and gifts on a display shelf

Vita holding a large bouquet of red roses

Colourful floral wreath on a timber background

Pink and white flowers with abundant green foliage

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Flower La Vita

Fresh and dried flowers, thoughtful arrangements and seasonal creative projects at Sea Change Studios.

FlowersSeasonal gifts

Buttoned leather Chesterfield-style sofa in a workshop setting

Patterned upholstered chair beside a chest of drawers

Dark upholstered cushion with deep buttoning and pale piping

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Gaff Interiors and Upholstery

Bespoke furniture and upholstery, with a showroom beside the working Cockington studio.

UpholsteryInteriors

James Murch painting a large colourful floral canvas

Painting of light filtering through woodland branches

Painting of plants reflected near a pond

Blue botanical print with rounded flower heads

Portrait of James Murch wearing a studio apron

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James Murch Artist

Painting, drawing and printmaking inspired by nature, with a studio at Cockington Court.

Original artLandscape painting

Janet reflected in a circular blue and white mosaic mirror

Mosaic picture of a puffin beside the sea

Circular mirror surrounded by yellow and blue mosaic fragments

Mosaic picture of a wooden boat beneath the moon

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Janet Ventre Mosaic

Mosaic mirrors, pictures and smaller gifts made and sold from a Sea Change studio.

Mosaic artHandmade gifts

Pale botanical relief cast with raised flowers and stems

Hand removing plant material from an impression in clay

Flowers arranged across clay for a botanical casting

Pale botanical forms against a soft blue background

Botanical relief cast with leafy stems on a green background

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Lisa Richards Art

Botanical relief casts preserving the shapes and textures of flowers and foliage.

Botanical artFlower keepsakes

A dog wearing a colourful braided Big Green Hound collar

Two patterned paracord collars by Big Green Hound

A red and gold braided dog lead by Big Green Hound

A blue and turquoise Big Green Hound collar

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Big Green Hound

Hand-braided dog collars, leads and bespoke colour combinations from Caroline’s Cockington workshop.

Dog accessoriesHandmade

Chocolate Heaven’s glazed shop entrance at Cockington

Gift boxes filled with colourful handmade chocolates

A chocolatier piping into chocolate moulds

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Chocolate Heaven Made in Devon

A small Sea Change chocolate shop with handmade truffles, playful gifts and hot chocolate made with real chocolate.

ChocolateSweet stops

SoaperSudz handmade bars displayed beside a wooden log

A loaf of SoaperSudz soap in a wire cutter

SoaperSudz soap bars and moulds on workshop shelves

Bottles of SoaperSudz oils lined up on a shelf

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SoaperSudz

A Sea Change studio selling soaps, shampoo bars and skincare handmade in Paignton.

Handmade soapBotanical gifts

A MooBoo timber beam chandelier installed above a kitchen island

A pale timber MooBoo beam light in a bright kitchen

A rustic MooBoo light over a kitchen island

Three slim MooBoo pendant lights above a marble worktop

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MooBoo Home

Nic and Andy’s Stable Yard workshop turns reclaimed timber and fallen branches into distinctive lighting and home pieces.

InteriorsHandmade lighting

The flower-filled exterior of JOX Jewellery at Cockington Court

Jo Bradford in her jewellery studio holding a dachshund

Handmade pendant and earrings from Jo Bradford’s jewellery collection

A leaf-shaped handmade jewellery piece by Jo Bradford

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Jo Bradford and Sons · JOX Jewellery

A family jewellery workshop in the Old Stable Yard, with handmade pieces, commissions and bookable jewellery-making days.

JewelleryBespoke gifts

Torbay Gin, Aurantiaco and Matobo bottles photographed at Elberry Cove

A bottle of blue Torbay Gin hanging against harbour fishing nets

Torbay Gin and a served drink photographed beside coastal rocks

An Aurantiaco bottle photographed in a church garden

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Torbay Gin

Torbay Gin’s Stable Yard shop stocks its coastal-inspired gins, including a blue signature gin that changes colour with tonic.

Local ginDevon gifts

Stack of dark and pale handmade wooden bowls

Kaori Takahashi carving a wooden object at her workbench

Mark McGilvray carving wood in the studio

Wooden bowls and carving tools on a sunlit workbench

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Takahashi McGil

Handmade wooden homeware from Kaori Takahashi and Mark McGilvray’s Sea Change studio.

Wood craftJapanese influences

Working studios & experiences

Glassmaker shaping a glowing glass vessel on a blowing iron

Blue and purple glass ornaments hanging in sunlight

Blue-green glass platter with a dark swirling pattern

Colourful sculptural glass paperweights grouped together

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OurGlass

A working glass studio with colourful pieces to take home from the Stable Yard.

GlassblowingHandmade glass

Rex and Katie Latham working beside the fire and anvil in the forge

Katie Latham working metal with a shower of sparks

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Rex Latham Blacksmith

Traditional blacksmithing and hand-forged pieces for home and garden at Cockington Court.

Working forgeBlacksmithing

Two softly green glazed ceramic bowls on a wooden surface

Tez working on pottery inside a busy ceramics studio

Two handmade turquoise and cream ceramic mugs

Glazed ceramic garlic and ginger graters beside lemons and garlic

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Tez Roberts Ceramics

A pottery studio with everyday ceramics, individual wheel lessons and bookable Raku workshops.

Pottery studioRaku workshops

White stone shell sculpture among garden plants

Polished brown and pale stone sculpture of a ray

Tall pale stone sculpture with sweeping carved curves

Nicola Axe seated outdoors holding a small sculpture

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Nicola Axe Sculptor

Stone sculpture for home and garden, with small beginner carving courses at Sea Change Studios.

Stone carvingSculpture studio

Dinosaur skeleton replicas arranged around Alex in a stone-walled workshop

Large dinosaur skull reconstruction in the foreground of the studio

Maker working beneath a large dinosaur skull reconstruction

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Dinosaur Skeletons

A working paleoart studio where prehistoric replicas are made for collectors and museums.

Dinosaur replicasWorking studio

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Cockington Court

A day of makers, gardens and little discoveries

The lovely little details

Follow your curiosity

Make a little plan.

Find them here

Getting there

Before you set off

Opening

Parking

Dogs

What you’ll find here.

Food & treats

Seven Dials Café

Breadford’s Sourdough

Shops & galleries

Cockington Court Craft Shop

Chrystine Jones Artist

Dandelions and Pearls

Flower La Vita

Gaff Interiors and Upholstery

James Murch Artist

Janet Ventre Mosaic

Lisa Richards Art

Big Green Hound

Chocolate Heaven Made in Devon

SoaperSudz

MooBoo Home

Jo Bradford and Sons · JOX Jewellery

Torbay Gin

Takahashi McGil

Working studios & experiences

OurGlass

Rex Latham Blacksmith

Tez Roberts Ceramics

Nicola Axe Sculptor

Dinosaur Skeletons

Find your way here.

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