Blockhouse Cottages

Blockhouse Cottages is a terrace house in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, England. Blockhouse Cottages is situated nearby to the building Old Blockhouse, as well as near the beach Green Porth.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Blockhouse and St Nicholas’s Church.

Old Blockhouse

Building

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The Old Blockhouse, also known as the Dover Fort, is a 16th-century fortification on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It was built between 1548 and 1551 by the government of Edward VI to protect the islands against French attack. Old Blockhouse is situated 390 feet east of Blockhouse Cottages.

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 1,300 feet west of Blockhouse Cottages.

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 south of Blockhouse Cottages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Grimsby and New Grimsby.

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.

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.

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.

Blockhouse Cottages

Type: Terrace 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

49.95815° or 49° 57′ 29″ north

Longitude

-6.32907° or 6° 19′ 45″ west

Open location code

8CXMXM5C+79

OpenStreetMap ID

way 232643513

OpenStreetMap feature

building=terrace

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