Old Post Office


This is one of the best-preserved examples of a traditional 16th-century Cornish longhouse, topped by pepper-pot chimneys and a higgledy-piggledy roof, and riddled with tiny rooms. As its name suggests, it was used as a post office during the 19th century.


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