Place House, Fowey

Name: Place House
Address: Fowey, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Fowey

Museum, Vernacular architecture

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Place House is a Grade I listed building located in Fowey, Cornwall, England. Home of the Treffry family since the thirteenth century, the original structure was a fifteenth-century tower, which was defended against the French in 1475 by Elizabeth Treffry. It was strengthened soon afterwards, largely rebuilt in the sixteenth century and remodelled in the nineteenth century, the east front dating mostly from 1817-1845. The house is not open to the public except on special occasions. ()

Coordinates: 50°20'6"N, 4°38'18"W

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Fowey United Kingdom

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Place House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eden Project, St Catherine's Castle, Tregaminion Church, St Sampson's Church.

5 miW
Iconic eco park with educational centre
Eden Project, Par
128 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Cornwall, the Eden Project is a captivating botanical garden located in the quaint town of Bodelva, near Par, United Kingdom. This unique conservation project has transformed a reclaimed china clay pit into a sprawling eco-paradise, home...
0.5 miSW
Forts and castles
St Catherine's Castle, Fowey
14 min walk • St Catherine's Castle is a Henrician castle in Cornwall, England, built by Thomas Treffry between approximately 1538 and 1540, in response to fears of an invasion of England by France and the Holy Roman Empire.
1.7 miW
Church
Tregaminion Church, Par
43 min walk • Tregaminion Church is a Church of England church in Tregaminion, Cornwall, England, UK. The church dates to the early 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 miN
Church
St Sampson's Church, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
56 min walk • St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol.
1.3 miN
Music and shows, Nightlife, Boat or ferry
Sawmills Studios, Fowey
34 min walk • Sawmills Studios, founded in 1974 by record producer Tony Cox, is a recording studio near Golant on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall. The studio building is located on its own tidal creek on the banks of the Fowey. Sawmills was one of the first residential recording facilities in the UK.
4.6 miW
Park
Tregrehan House, Par
117 min walk • Tregrehan is a country house near St. Blazey, Cornwall, designed by George Wightwick. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Late Georgian.. granite.. Ionic colonnade", "a pretty little lodge".
2.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Castle Dore, Par
59 min walk • Castle Dore is an Iron Age hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC.
4.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Prideaux Castle, Par
120 min walk • Prideaux Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated atop a 133 m high conical hill near the southern boundary of the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
0.5 miS
50°19'40"N • 4°38'5"W
Polruan Ferry, Fowey
14 min walk • Boat or ferry, Transport, City hall
3 miE
Church
St Ildierna's Church, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
78 min walk • St Ildierna's Church, Lansallos is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Lansallos, Cornwall, built in the early 14th Century. The church is noted for its 16th Century benches and bench ends. Serious damage was caused to the church, especially the roof, by a fire in 2005.
0.5 miSW
Beach
Readymoney Cove, Fowey
13 min walk • Readymoney Cove is a sandy beach to the south of the harbour town of Fowey, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is sheltered by cliffs close to the mouth of the River Fowey estuary and bounded, on one side, by the medieval part of the town of Fowey and, on the other, by St Catherine's Castle.

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Which popular attractions are close to Place House?

Nearby attractions include Readymoney Cove, Fowey (13 min walk), Polruan Ferry, Fowey (14 min walk), St Catherine's Castle, Fowey (14 min walk).