TALBOT9060

Cockington Court¹
Torquay.
Jan 1^st /66

My dear Father,

I leave here tomorrow for Exeter where there is a ball. I have another at Tetbury on the 4^th at Chippenham on the 9^th and at Grittleton (Sir John Neeld’s) ² on the 11^th. After which I think I shall have had quite enough so I mean to go to London on the 12^th. I went yesterday to look at a house which Mr Froude the engineer³ has been and is building on M^r Mallocks land in a very good situation. I was very much pleased with the house which is very solid and withall architecturally good. I saw M^r Froude today and Young Brunel⁴ who is staying with him. We drove over to Dartington a curious old house which I have seen before.⁵

Your affect son
Charles –

P. S. I wrote every body Merry Xmas’s and Happy New Years and the reversions of them.