Lanteglos Church Camelford Cornwall – Real Photo Postcard – Downing Series 6196

Black-and-white photographic postcard showing Lanteglos Church near Camelford, Cornwall.
Elevated view of the church surrounded by its graveyard.
Square stone tower with battlements and pinnacles.
Church building with Gothic-style windows and a slate roof.
Wooded hillside and mature trees behind the church.
Numbered 6196 and issued in the Downing Series.

Condition

Unused and unwritten. A small dark mark near the upper left of the reverse and a few scattered marks on the reverse.

Description

A real photographic postcard depicting Lanteglos Church, near Camelford in Cornwall. The photograph is taken from an elevated position overlooking the churchyard, showing the church from the side and eastern end.

The building has a substantial square stone tower with a battlemented parapet, a long nave with pointed Gothic windows, and an eastern section with large traceried windows. Numerous gravestones occupy the sloping churchyard, with trees and open countryside beyond.

The handwritten-style caption along the lower edge reads "6196. Lanteglos Church-Camelford."

The reverse is printed "POST CARD" and "TO GREET YOU", with "DOWNING SERIES REAL PHOTO" and the credit "Photographed & Printed by E. A. Sweetman & Son Ltd., Tunbridge Wells."

The postcard is unused, with no handwritten correspondence, address, postage stamp or postmark. The photographic view appears consistent with the early to mid-20th century.

Country: England
Region: Cornwall
Village: Lanteglos
Subject: Lanteglos Church
Theme: Religious, Architecture, Churches
Brand/Publisher: Downing Series
Printer: E. A. Sweetman & Son Ltd.
Series: Downing Series
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Printed Era: Inter-War (1918–1939)

RPPC Lanteglos Church Camelford Postcard Cornwall 1930s Graveyard

 

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