Description: Newquay Harbour Cornwall 1900 Antique Print A black & white print, rescued from a disbound book from 1900 called Round Our Coasts, with another picture on the reverse side. Suitable for framing, the average page size including text is approx 12" x 9.25" or 30cm x 23.5cm. Actual picture size is approx 10" x 7" or 25.5cm x 17.5cm. This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description. All prints will be sent bagged and in a tube, large letter size box or board backed envelope for protection in transit. While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item. Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used) NEWQUAY HOLIDAY-MAKERS with a preference for resorts which are off the beaten track will find among the glorious cliffs and sunlit headlands of North Cornwall a region rich in natural features, historic association and legendary lore. To such the breezy little town of Newquay will appeal. The journey from London occupies about seven and a half hours, the line running through some of the loveliest scenery in the West Country, particularly in the approach to Newquay, with its fertile valleys and glorious glimpses of ocean. Newquay strikes the visitor as an odd jumble of houses, shops and inns, with little pretension to beauty; but on the breezy headland, or on the sands which curve and sweep for many miles to the north, the scene is a delightful one. The mildness and bracing character of the air here is attributed to the fact that the Gulf Stream laves the coast. The old Huer's House on the headland was, in the days when Newquay's chief industry was pilchard-fishing, the look-out from which approaching shoals were reported. Immediately below is the harbour, and close by is the Dane Rock, noted with other rocks in the neighbourhood for its crabs and other crustaceans. A series of caves known as the Tea Caverns are a favourite spot with visitors. These can be explored at low water. From Towan Head, Newquay's natural pier and promenade, magnificent sunsets are to be seen, the orb as it sinks into the western sea affording a spectacle of extraordinary beauty. Fistral Bay, to the western side of Towan Head, is a glorious stretch of firm shell-sand, whose rock pools afford safe bathing for children on stormy days. Only strong and practised swimmers should venture into the surf which crashes on the exposed beach. The rocks here are happy hunting-grounds for the seeker after seaweed, shells, and other treasures of the ocean.
Price: 6.99 GBP
Location: DEREHAM
End Time: 2025-01-01T08:51:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 17.08 GBP
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Item Specifics
Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 60 days
Artist: Photo by Great Western Railway
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Material: Paper
Item Length: Image size approx 25.5cm x 17.5cm
Region of Origin: n/a
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Source: Disbound antique book published 1900
Subject: Landscape, Seaside, Newquay, Cornwall
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1900
Item Height: Image height approx 7 inches
Style: Realism
Theme: Social History, Topographical
Features: Original Bookplate
Production Technique: Lithography
Culture: n/a
Item Width: Image width approx 10 inches
Time Period Produced: 1900-1924
