The Old Dining Room, Cotehele, Cornwall

Cotehele

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October 1st 2012
After a lazy morning, we made our way to Cotehele - a Mediaeval/Tudor house in the Tamar Valley. Reputed to be one of the least altered Tudor houses in the UK, the earliest buildings date to around 1300. Managed by the National Trust since 1947, the estate includes the house and associated buildings, extensive gardens (inlcuding 5.3 ha of orchards), as well as a quay (on the Tamar River) and a wor ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more