Cotehele

Cotehele
Native name
Kosheyl (Cornish)
Courtyard of Cotehele House
TypeCountry house
LocationCalstock
Coordinates50°29′45″N 4°13′33″W / 50.4959°N 4.2257°W / 50.4959; -4.2257
OS grid referenceSX4224068618
AreaCornwall
Architectural style(s)Medieval & Tudor
OwnerNational Trust
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameCotehele House
Designated21 July 1951
Reference no.1140255
Official nameCotehele
Designated11 June 1987
Reference no.1000648
Cotehele is located in Cornwall
Cotehele
Location of Cotehele in Cornwall
Cotehele and its Italian garden terrace
Arms of Edgcumbe, Earls of Mount Edgcumbe: Gules, on a bend ermines cotised or three boar's heads couped argent

Cotehele (Cornish: Kosheyl)[1] is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of Calstock in the east of Cornwall, England, and now belonging to the National Trust. It is a rambling granite and slate-stone manor house on the banks of the River Tamar that has been little changed over five centuries. It was built by the Edgecumbe family in 1458 after the original Manor House was pulled down. Sir Richard Edgecumbe came into the property after fighting for Henry Tudor in the Battle of Bosworth. He was gifted with money and the original Manor House and estate and then proceeded to build Cotehele.