Point House

Point House is a house in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, England. Point House is situated near the peak Towns Hill, as well as near the village New Grimsby.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Nicholas’s Church and Cromwell’s Castle.

St Nicholas’s Church

Church

Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK. St Nicholas’s Church is situated 1,700 feet east of Point House.

Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the harbour. Cromwell’s Castle is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Point House.

Tresco Abbey Gardens

Garden

Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.

Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17-acre gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, originally as a private garden within the grounds of the home he designed and built. Tresco Abbey Gardens is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Point House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Grimsby and Old Grimsby.

New Grimsby

Village

Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the west side of the island and there is a quay, as well as a public house, The New Inn, and a small art gallery.

Old Grimsby

Village

Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the east side of the island and there is a quay.

Piper’s Hole

Locality

Photo: Simon Leatherdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Piper's Hole is a sea cave located on Tresco, an island of the Isles of Scilly. The name Piper's Hole can also refer to another, more minor, sea cave in the Isles of Scilly, located on Penninis Head, St Mary's.

Point House

Type: House
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.95662° or 49° 57′ 24″ north

Longitude

-6.3418° or 6° 20′ 31″ west

Open location code

8CXMXM45+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 232619158

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Towns Hill and Vane Hill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Waiting room and Tresco Gallery.

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