Editing Teignbridge (section)

===Premises===
[[File:FordeHouseWolborough.JPG|thumb|[[Forde House|Old Forde House]]]]
The council is based at Forde House on Brunel Road in Newton Abbot.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/contactus |website=Teignbridge District Council |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>

The council bought the [[Forde House]] estate in 1978 for £60,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Space for museum |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=Herald Express |date=25 July 1978 |location=Torquay |page=3}}</ref> The estate comprised a Tudor mansion and its grounds. A modern office building was built in the grounds to serve as the council's headquarters, being formally opened on 27 April 1987.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doorway to the future |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=Herald Express |date=28 April 1987 |location=Torquay |page=11}}</ref> The new office building now takes the name Forde House, with the old mansion now called Old Forde House.