Collections
Opening times
Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays)
CURRENT HOURS
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
Admission £4.50 adults,
£3.00 concessions,
under 18s FREE
ADMISSION FREE ON SATURDAYS
WINTER HOURS
From 1 October
to Good Friday:
10.30am - 4.30pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
WINNER Cornwall Tourism Awards GOLD
South West Tourism Excellence Awards SILVER
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Photography
A carte de visite of Julia Branwell, aunt of Vera, Edward and Sybil Branwell, grandchildren of JR Branwell, who lived at Penlee House. The caption says 'Aunt' , although cannot find her in the Branwell family tree. Below is printed 'FALL. Photo 9-10, Baker Street. W.' On the reverse is an advertisement of the photographers T.Fall. 'For many years chief photographer to Elliot and Fry'
A carte de visite of Julia Branwell, aunt of Vera, Edward and Sybil Branwell, grandchildren of JR Branwell, who lived at Penlee House. The caption says 'Aunt' , although cannot find her in the Branwell family tree. Below is printed 'FALL. Photo 9-10, Baker Street. W.' On the reverse is an advertisement of the photographers T.Fall. 'For many years chief photographer to Elliot and Fry'
A carte de visite of Minnie Branwell, cousin of Vera, Edward and Sybil Branwell and grandchild of JR Branwell, who lived at Penlee House. Below left would be printed 'Robt. H. Preston' and to the bottom right 'Penzance', but the mount has been cut down in size. On the reverse the Preston elblem is printed - 'ROBT. H. PRESTON. Photographer TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. PENZANCE'
A carte de visite of Minnie Branwell, cousin of Vera, Edward and Sybil Branwell and grandchild of JR Branwell, who lived at Penlee House. Below left would be printed 'Robt. H. Preston' and to the bottom right 'Penzance', but the mount has been cut down in size. On the reverse the Preston elblem is printed - 'ROBT. H. PRESTON. Photographer TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. PENZANCE'
A carte de visite of Phil Branwell (sitting) and Fanny Mudge. Below left is printed 'Robt. H. Preston' and to the bottom right 'Penzance'. On the reverse the Preston elblem is printed - 'ROBT. H. PRESTON. Photographer TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. PENZANCE'
A carte de visite of Phil Branwell (sitting) and Fanny Mudge. Below left is printed 'Robt. H. Preston' and to the bottom right 'Penzance'. On the reverse the Preston elblem is printed - 'ROBT. H. PRESTON. Photographer TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. PENZANCE'
A carte de visite of Rachel Michell, possibly French, likely to be a friend of JR Branwell and his family, who lived at Penlee House. She has short hair and wears a velvet top or dress with a high white collar. Below is printed 'A. Letalle' and 'Birmingham'. An advertisement for the photographer is printed on the reverse : 'A. Letalle (From Paris)'
A carte de visite of Rachel Michell, possibly French, likely to be a friend of JR Branwell and his family, who lived at Penlee House. She has short hair and wears a velvet top or dress with a high white collar. Below is printed 'A. Letalle' and 'Birmingham'. An advertisement for the photographer is printed on the reverse : 'A. Letalle (From Paris)'
A carte de visite of Thomas Bronte Branwell, a distant cousin of JR Branwell's branch of the Branwell family, who lived at Penlee House. Below is printed 'Preston' and 'Penzance' in gold lettering. On the reverse a thin sheet of paper is attached, where the Preston elblem is printed - Artist Photographer Robt H. Preston Penzance'
A carte de visite of Thomas Bronte Branwell, a distant cousin of JR Branwell's branch of the Branwell family, who lived at Penlee House. Below is printed 'Preston' and 'Penzance' in gold lettering. On the reverse a thin sheet of paper is attached, where the Preston elblem is printed - Artist Photographer Robt H. Preston Penzance'
A carte de visite of Thomas Bronte Branwell, a distant cousin of JR Branwell's branch of the Branwell family, who lived at Penlee House. On the reverse is printed the emblem of the photographer - 'Morgan and Laing Late with H. Hering Photographers Miniature Painters to the Queen Helio House Studio Circus Greenwich'.
A carte de visite of Thomas Bronte Branwell, a distant cousin of JR Branwell's branch of the Branwell family, who lived at Penlee House. On the reverse is printed the emblem of the photographer - 'Morgan and Laing Late with H. Hering Photographers Miniature Painters to the Queen Helio House Studio Circus Greenwich'.
A close-up photograph of Penlee House itself, showing the first floor windows of the bedrooms. The house is covered in Virginia Creeper.
A close-up photograph of Penlee House itself, showing the first floor windows of the bedrooms. The house is covered in Virginia Creeper.
A colour photograph of Elizabeth Primrose Tregurtha Fowell, nee Gage. She sits at a table at the wedding of her great niece, Morris, most likely at Melton Mowbray. There is a suggested date of around 1980, when Elizabeth would have been over 90 years of age. Possibly a daughter of one of Isabel Branwell's first cousins once removed, Edith and Beatrice Gage.
A colour photograph of Elizabeth Primrose Tregurtha Fowell, nee Gage. She sits at a table at the wedding of her great niece, Morris, most likely at Melton Mowbray. There is a suggested date of around 1980, when Elizabeth would have been over 90 years of age. Possibly a daughter of one of Isabel Branwell's first cousins once removed, Edith and Beatrice Gage.
A colour photograph of Vera Hancock, nee Branwell, and daughter Elizabeth Trewhella, nee Hancock, sitting on a bench in front of Penlee House, visiting Penlee Museum. Written on the reverse is a suggested date of 1972 followed by a question mark. Printed on Kodak photographic paper.
A colour photograph of Vera Hancock, nee Branwell, and daughter Elizabeth Trewhella, nee Hancock, sitting on a bench in front of Penlee House, visiting Penlee Museum. Written on the reverse is a suggested date of 1972 followed by a question mark. Printed on Kodak photographic paper.
A comical cartoon of a seated man and woman surrounded by a blue frame.
An amusing cartoon card showing 2 seated figures, a large woman in an orange dress with a hat, and a small man dressed in a blue jacket with grey trousers and black shoes. They have their arms around each other, with the woman looking out grinning while the man looks at her. Green and yellow background.