The house at Cotehele was mainly built c1485-1627 and was a home of the Edgcumbe family for centuries. Its granite and slatestone walls contain intimate chambers adorned with tapestries, original furniture and armour. Formal gardens overlook the richly planted valley garden below with medieval dovecote and Victorian summerhouse and 18thC tower above. Working mill. Interesting old buildings, housing gallery at the quay.