hotelThe Hotel Inspector · Season 6, Episode 6 · Aired August 26, 2010
The Kingston Estate B&B
rural Devon
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
What happened after
Repurposed from a traditional B&B (per the show, under different ownership at the time) into a 'Bespoke Event Venue' with barns, cottages, a shepherd's hut, and a Georgian manor house.
What happened on the show
The series 6 note on the Kingston Estate records Alex Polizzi visiting a couple who owned a historic house hotel in rural Devon, where a beautiful building and country setting were being undone by poor marketing and cluttered decor that had brought the business to the brink of collapse. The pattern is a familiar one for the show: genuine assets, an appealing property in a lovely spot, squandered through weak promotion and an overstuffed interior that muddied the appeal. Polizzi's task was to strip back the clutter, sharpen how the estate presented and sold itself, and convert the obvious raw quality of the place into actual bookings before it went under. The cluttered country house aired in August 2010, and it has since been repositioned as an events venue, though under ownership that may differ from the couple Polizzi advised.
After the cameras left
The Kingston Estate is still going, repurposed from a traditional bed and breakfast into a bespoke event venue with barns, cottages, a shepherd's hut and a Georgian manor house near Staverton in the South Hams. It tops its local specialty-lodging listings on TripAdvisor. The property was featured under different ownership at the time, and the current operator may not be the couple Polizzi advised, so the open status is held at medium confidence. The building thrives; whether the same owners saw it through is less certain.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.