- Plaque text
- This residence was home to Britain's most famous naturalist and geologist during six weeks of the summer of 1861. Charles Robert Darwin, Traveller, Adventurer and Writer, Born 1809-died 1882. Author of 'Origin of Species' Published 1859.
- Scheme
- Torbay Civic Society
- Location
- 2 Meadfoot House, Hesketh Crescent, Torquay
This plaque marks the place where Charles Darwin stayed for six weeks in 1861.