National Trust, Tintagel Old Post Office

Image credit: National Trust Images/Andreas von Einsiedel.

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Public building in Cornwall

3 artworks

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Despite its name, Tintagel – called by Nikolaus Pevsner ‘the most famous of Cornish stone cottages, low, dark, picturesque, with roofs like a cluster of hills, and of a slatey hue like elephant hide’ – was not originally a post office, but a small manor house, or steward’s house. It was, however, taken over by the General Post Office as the district letter receiving office in 1844, and remained so until 1892. In 1903 it was bought by the National Trust, and restored under the direction of Detmar Blow.

Fore Street, Tintagel, Cornwall PL34 0DB England

tintageloldpo@nationaltrust.org.uk

01840 770024

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http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tintagel-old-post-office

Artworks

  • The Wife of a Yeoman Farmer
    The Wife of a Yeoman Farmer British (English) School
    National Trust, Tintagel Old Post Office
  • A Yeoman Farmer
    A Yeoman Farmer British (English) School
    National Trust, Tintagel Old Post Office
  • Rocky Landscape
    Rocky Landscape unknown artist
    National Trust, Tintagel Old Post Office

Artists

  • Pickford Narrow Boat 'Hope' at a Lock
    unknown artist
  • Reverend Frederick John Champion de Crespigny (1822–1887)
    British (English) School
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Venues in Cornwall

  •
    Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • Bodmin Shire House
  • Bodmin Town Museum
  • Camborne Library
  • Camborne School of Mines
  • Cornwall's Regimental Museum
  • English Heritage, Launceston Castle
  • English Heritage, Pendennis Castle
  • English Heritage, Tintagel Castle
  • Falmouth Art Gallery