Burgh Island off the coast of south Devon was used as a retreat by ‘The Queen Of Crime’ in the 1930s.
The 21-acre private island now includes a 25-room hotel, pub and beach house.
Agatha wrote two books on the island, ‘Evil Under the Sun’ and ‘And Then There Were None’.
It was used as a filming location for 2001 TV adaptation of Evil Under the Sun, and several scenes from the BBC’s 1987 dramatisation of Christie’s story Nemesis were filmed in the hotel.
The buyer gets the hotel and Pilchards Inn pub, but two small holiday cottages and a wartime bunker on the land will remain under separate ownership.
The listing suitably comes with a writer’s retreat – called Christie’s beach house – built on the edge of a cliff.
The building is Grade II listed, but in December 2022 the local council resolved to grant planning approval for an additional 12 guest bedrooms and suites and 13 staff bedrooms – so there’s potential to develop for whoever buys it.
We’re imagining the earnings potential for themed holidays already.
According to estate agents Knight Frank, President Eisenhower and Winston Churchill are rumoured to have met at the hotel before D-Day.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are also said to have been visitors, along with The Beatles, who stayed in the hotel before playing a concert in Plymouth.
Described as ‘one of the finest examples of working Art Deco architecture in Europe’, the Grade II listed white art deco hotel was built in 1929.
The hotel’s architectural highlight is the circular glass skylight found in the restored palm court.
The property has been under a comprehensive refurbishment programme since 2018 and has been completed with a billiards room, sauna, spa and several restaurants.
There’s even a tennis court, helipad and a seawater mermaid pool.
At 250 metres from the mainland, the island is not entirely cut-off.
Knight Frank’s listing reads: ‘The private island setting is virtually unique in the UK and the hotel, which has been fully restored, is one of the finest examples of working Art Deco architecture in Europe.
‘Burgh Island is a natural micro-environment, with wildlife to observe and cliff walks around the circumference.
‘The sandy tidal beach on the eastern (mainland-facing) side is washed by the tide twice daily and so is always clean.’
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