Main entrance doorway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023

Thursday doors – 11 January 2024, Cotehele, Cornwall

Doors 248 – Cotehele doors, Cornwall (part I)

This will be a bit of a short one – today is my 60th birthday, so I have written this post last night to allow myself a bit of a well-earned lie in.

On our way home to Bristol from a short summer break last August visiting my sister and brother-in-law in Cornwall near Liskeard, we broke our journey by stopping at a National Trust property ‘Cotehele‘ perched high above the banks of the River Tamar. It was, of course, the perfect place to photograph doors and doorways of a Tudor house, with some parts dating back to medieval times.

While my wife walked the dog in the grounds, getting terribly lost in the process, my daughter and I wandered around the house and gardens, absorbing the deep sense of history of the place, on a gorgeous summer’s day.

The first part of this post focuses on the exterior doors of the property. I hope you enjoy it.

Doors and entrance arch, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Doors and entrance arch, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Out-building modern door in an old stone archway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Out-building modern door in an old stone archway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Out-building modern door in an old stone archway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Out-building modern door in an old stone archway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Carved stone archway entrance, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Carved stone archway entrance, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Office door, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Office door, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Ancient studded door within a door, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Ancient studded door within a door, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
A pair of old studded doors, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
A pair of old studded doors, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Main entrance doorway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023
Main entrance doorway, Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, August 2023

Next time I’ll post some of the magnificent and quirky doors from inside this remarkable place. Until then, may I wish you a very happy week.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

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17 thoughts on “Thursday doors – 11 January 2024, Cotehele, Cornwall”

  2. Happy Birthday, Steve. What a magnificent place you’ve shared with us. I love the photo of the door in the distance taken through the arched opening, and those beautiful wooden doors set in the stone opening. I hope you have a great day!

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