The Great Hall has a superb collection of armour, pikes and muskets. Cotehele is a medieval house near Calstock in Cornwall. Now owned by the National Trust, the house was built by Sir Richard Edgcumbe from 1485-89 and his son, Sir Piers Edgcumbe, from 1489-1520. This house is one of the least altered of the Tudor houses in the United Kingdom. Unoccupied for the past two centuries, it has served as a repository for unwanted tapestries and furniture.
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Virtually every room at the medieval house at Cotehele in Cornwall is filled with tapestries, making the interior of the house exceedingly dark. The house has been unoccupied for over two hundred years after the Edgcumbe family moved to a much grander house overlooking Plymouth Sound. It has been used as a repository for unwanted tapestries and furniture. The house is owned by the National Trust.
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The medieval kitchen at Cotehele has been unaltered for several hundred years. Cotehele is a medieval house near Calstock in Cornwall. Now owned by the National Trust, the house was built by Sir Richard Edgcumbe from 1485-89 and his son, Sir Piers Edgcumbe, from 1489-1520. This house is one of the least altered of the Tudor houses in the United Kingdom. Unoccupied for the past two centuries, it has served as a repository for unwanted tapestries and furniture.
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The courtyard of the medieval house at Cotehele, near Calstock in Cornwall. This is owned by the National Trust.
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Cotehele is a medieval house near Calstock in Cornwall. Now owned by the National Trust, the house was built by Sir Richard Edgcumbe from 1485-89 and his son, Sir Piers Edgcumbe, from 1489-1520. This house is one of the least altered of the Tudor houses in the United Kingdom. Unoccupied for the past two centuries, it has served as a repository for unwanted tapestries and furniture. The gardens slope down to the River Tamar, and are quite stunning.
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