The Pack o' Cards is a Grade II*-listed early-Georgian house in the centre of Combe Martin, instantly recognisable by its tiered profile of four shrinking floors stacked one on top of the other. The building's iconography is unmistakable: 52 windows for the cards in a deck, 13 doors for the cards in each suit, four floors for the suits, and four turrets for the aces. It was built around 1690 by Squire George Ley, supposedly from a card-game windfall.
The house is now a small hotel and pub. Even if you are not stopping for a meal it is worth walking down the high street to look at the facade, particularly the slim turrets above the top floor. The garden behind, partly visible from the street, contains a small wooded area and a stream — the same Umber that runs through the village down to the beach.