Fawlty hotel spared from bulldozers: Basil will be delighted: Torbay councillors have turned down a scheme to demolish the hotel that was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers.
Developers had sought to demolish the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, Devon, and replace it with a block of 25 flats. But the council decided that it would be against its tourism policy to destroy the hotel where Fawlty was born.
Mike Higgins, who handled the plans for the council, said: "A lot of people know of it and know about its connection to Fawlty Towers. There is a need to retain it as a hotel."
