Upton Hill features in Barefoot on the Cobbles as the home of the Cornelius family. In chapter ten, Daisy arrives at 48 Upton Hill, to take up her role as parlourmaid. Upton Hill rises steeply on the northern outskirts of Torquay and number 48 is in the middle of a short terrace. At the time of the novel, the end property of the terrace was a small grocery store.

‘Daisy’s box had been sent on ahead, so she was unencumbered by heavy luggage as she wound her way up the street above Torre Station. The steepness of Upton Hill caught many a visitor unawares but Daisy was accustomed to the Clovelly cobbles, so she was barely conscious of the gradient. Another glance at her instructions informed her that she would find number 48 on the left hand side of the road, three doors up from Bertram’s grocers’ shop.’

Barefoot on the Cobbles will be published on 17 November 2018. More information about the novel can be found here. Copies will be available at various events in the weeks following the launch or can be pre-ordered from Blue Poppy Publishing or the author.