Jamaica Inn room where the author Maurier lived of various items owned by her including her writing desk and typewriter. Jamaica Inn Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Built as a coaching inn in 1750, and having an association with smuggling, it was the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel "Jamaica Inn", which was made into the film "Jamaica Inn" in 1939 by Alfred Hitchcock. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor, it was used as a staging post for changing horses. As well
Jamaica Inn kettles and urns. The Jamaica Inn became a Grade II listed building on 23 November 1988. Between 1984 and 2003, the building housed a large collection of stuffed animals in complex dioramas, such as an animal courthouse or school classroom populated by baby squirrels. Known as "Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities", these exhibits were created by Walter Potter in the 1850s, and were originally housed in his museum in Bramber, Sussex. The collection was auctioned by Bonhams in 2003 resulting in its dispersal. The inn contains "The Museum of Smuggling", which is located to the western side of the inn