The now closed Devils Elbow Hotel seen in this photograph was on the B3212 close to Princetown Square. Originally built in 1827 and originally was the northern terminus for the Plymouth & Dartmoor Granite Railway built between 1823-25. First used as a workshop and stables (Stable Bar) for said railway. It was abandoned from railway use before 1877, when the G.W.R. built their branch line which terminated some quarter of a mile short of the pub. The pub was known as The Railway Inn, up to 1954 from when it was known as the Devil’s Elbow – named after a dangerous section of the B3212 just outside of Princetown which has since been improved. The Devil’s Elbow is now a private house. Beyond is the Plume of Feathers an old coaching in which has been refurbished in recent years and with the whitewash removed from the slate hung cladding.
This view is from a cropped slide taken on a Rolleiflex TLR on 120 Rollfilm. Looking along the B3357 which runs north past the Prison. Lord's Gift Shop and Tea Rooms are on the right. The BBC North Hessary Tor transmitter can be seen rising above the church.
North Hessary Tor. The area in front of the houses was once occupied by Princetown Railway station on the Great Western Railway line from Yelverton.
