Tintagel Old Post Office

Over het museum

Tintagel Old Post Office was built in the late 14th century as a thatched farmhouse of three rooms with a through-passage, open to the roof and partly used to shelter livestock. In the 16th and 17th centuries the thatch gave way to local slate, a stone chimney stack and fireplace were added, and bedrooms were built at either end of the central hall, turning it into a hall house. Further extensions over the following centuries gave the building its uneven, mixed appearance.

In the Victorian period the house served several small trades alongside farming, including a greengrocer, dressmaker, draper and shoemaker. Between about 1870 and 1878 it also acted as the village letter-receiving office, which gave it the name it still carries.

By the late 19th century it was in poor repair and at risk of demolition. A local group bought it at auction, and money raised from selling artworks of the house paid for repairs by an Arts and Crafts architect. Because the building needed long-term care, the group asked the National Trust to take it on, and the Trust acquired it in 1903 for £200. It was the Trust's first built property in Cornwall. Today visitors see the hall, the post room with Victorian postal equipment, a collection of samplers and bedspreads, and a cottage garden.

Hoogtepunten

• 14th-century hall house with a wavy slate roof
• Post room with Victorian postal items
• Collection of 13 needlework samplers, the earliest from 1768
• 16th-century fireplace
• Victorian-style cottage garden
• Second-hand books and a stamp shop

Vaste collectie

• The medieval hall house and post room – Five rooms showing 600 years of Cornish domestic life, with Victorian postal equipment, samplers, bedspreads and old furniture.

Opgericht

1903

Beheerder

National Trust

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices are shown without Gift Aid; with Gift Aid the adult ticket is £8.80, the child ticket £4.40 and the family ticket £22. National Trust members enter free.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet: niet aanwezig
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: niet aanwezig
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The medieval building has uneven flagstone floors, steps, low beams and narrow doorways, and light levels are low. The first-floor rooms are reached by narrow, steep stairs. A portable ramp lets wheelchair users reach the ground floor and the lawns of the garden, and staff will place it. A portable hearing loop is available at the post room counter on request. Large print and Braille guides can be borrowed, and a visual story and an AccessAble guide are published online. There are no visitor toilets on site; the nearest ones, including an accessible toilet, are in Trevena Square about 50 yards away (small charge). There is no on-site parking or drop-off point. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Kinderen & gezin

• Verschoonruimte: niet aanwezig

There are no visitor toilets or baby-changing facilities on site. The cottage garden has two small lawns and benches where families can picnic.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Follow the signs for Tintagel from the A39. The house stands in the middle of Fore Street, opposite the King Arthur's Arms pub. The South West Coast Path is within ¾ mile. Sat nav postcode PL34 0DB.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel

There is no café, but visitors may picnic in the cottage garden or buy food in the village. The post room sells souvenirs, second-hand books, stamps and postcards, and the garden has plants for sale. There are no public toilets on site.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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