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Heritage Open Days: Stories from the Stones

Join a volunteer guide for an external architectural development of Cotehele over time.

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  • Free event

Starting as a small medieval house, find out how the Edgcumbes changed their family home over more that 600 years, along with their fortunes, finishing in the Victorian period as an antiquarian curiosity and home for a widowed countess.

Times

The basics

Booking number

Call 0344 249 1895

Accessibility

This tour involves standing and walking for a long period of time. There are no seating available along the route.

Meeting point

Meet by the Grass Circle near the house

What to bring and wear

This tour is held outside so please wear appropriate outdoor clothing. Don’t forget to bring a waterproof if it rains and sturdy footwear.

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