CORNISH TOURS
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(House Tour 1)
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Tour 3) (House Tour 4) (House Tour
5) (Cornwall
Tour Home)
Choose from the following Five Grand Cornish
Houses Tours
OR
Go-where-you-choose
Tours tailored to fit your exact requirements - we'll help you plan it.
OR
'Mix-and-Match' your itinerary
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And here is our selection of Grand Cornish
Houses, with a short description and a link to a website.
 COTEHELE
by the Tamar River. An ancient and romantic place, hidden in woodland
above the River Tamar. Formal and informal gardens, with pools, dovecote
and tower ... wonderful display of daffodils in early spring.
 LANHYDROCK
near Bodmin. The grandest and most welcoming house in Cornwall, Lanhydrock
is superbly set in 450 acres of woods and parkland running down to the
Fowey river and encircled by formal and woodland gardens, lovely in all
seasons.
 PENCARROW,
a Georgian house with 50 acres of Grade II* Listed Gardens, must be one of
Cornwall’s finest stately homes. It is still privately owned and lived in
by the Molesworth-St Aubyn’s whose ancestor, John Molesworth purchased the
estate in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
 ST
MICHAELS MOUNT near Penzance. The jewel in Cornwall's crown, this magical
island has a church, a medieval castle (home of the St Aubyn family for
over 300 years), an exotic garden clinging to the steep flanks, and an
ancient harbour where you will find a National Trust hops, restaurant and
an audio-visual presentation on the history of the Mount.
 TRERICE
near Newquay. A delightful small Elizabethan manor house, Trerice is an
architectural gem hidden away from the world in a web of narrow lanes and
still somehow caught in the spirit of its age. Behind the Dutch-style
gabled façade are ornate fireplaces, elaborate plaster ceilings and a
collection of English furniture of the highest quality.
 PRIDEAUX
PLACE is a lovely Elizabethan House at Padstow, occupied by the family
since Queen Elizabeth the First's time. A setting for one of the Rosamunde
Pilcher films (based on one of her novels). Completed in 1592, the house
has been enlarged and modified by successive generations
 ANTONY
HOUSE. Superb early 18th-century mansion set in parkland and fine gardens.
Home of the Carew family for 600 years. Landscaped by renowned Georgian
garden designer, Humphrey Repton. Lots of walks in the surrounding woods.
Visit the National Collection of day lilies
 MOUNT
EDGCUMBE is the stunning Tudor home of the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe. The
house and the surrounding grounds have spectacular views over Plymouth
Sound, one of England's finest natural harbours. The Earl's Garden was
created beside the Tudor House in the 18th century ... and the Formal
Gardens were created over 200 years ago in the English, French and Italian
styles.
 BUCKLAND
ABBEY ... a 700-year-old building with fine 16th-century great hall, long
associated with Elizabethan seafarers Sir Francis Drake of the Golden Hind
and Sir Richard Grenville (both scourges of the Spanish Armada in 1588)
... and Drake's Drum!
 SALTRAM
HOUSE is a magnificent Georgian house, with Adam interiors, gardens and
landscaped parkland overlooking the Plym (as in Plymouth) estuary. A jewel
in the National Trust's crown!
 GODOLPHIN
HOUSE is a 15th century property with displays of horse drawn vehicles,
reproduction maps, prints and documents as well as arms and armour. The
House, was the home of the Godolphin family until the middle of the 18th
century. The Godolphins, made their fortune from the local tin-mining
industry, becoming one of the leading families of West Cornwall.
Transport
If you just want to go to a Grand Cornish House - say Lanhydrock -
we'll provide a PRICE QUOTATION FOR TRANSPORT FROM AND BACK TO YOUR
HOTEL/B&B - ON REQUEST
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