The development consists of 42 one and two-bedroom with shared facilities completed in 1988. 65+ age covenant.

Milton House is situated close to shops off Church Road to the south of the town centre.

The area around Newton Abbot has long been settled and the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle can be seen on Highweek Hill to the west of the town. The New Town of the Abbots of Torre Abbey was given the right to hold a market in the 13th century. The twin markets of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were eventually merged in the 17th century and Speed only seems to record Newton Bushel.

The town later developed a flourishing trade with Newfoundland and many street names recall the fishing industry and related place names such as Ropewalk, Newfoundland Way and St Johns Street - named after Humphrey Gilbets landfall in Newfoundland. Just north of the town lie the ball clay workings of Bovey basin which contributed towards the Wedgewood pottery business.

Newton Abbot lies about 13 miles south of Exeter and about six miles from Teignmouth on the coast. Torquay is six miles to the southeast and Bovey Tracey five miles to the northwest. Fast trains to London (Paddington) take about two and three quarter hours.