Pencarrow Georgian House and Gardens, Cornwall
Pencarrow estate has been the home of the Molesworth family and their descendants since Elizabethan times. Approached by a magnificent mile-long carriage drive through an Iron Age hill fort. Around the Palladian mansion are Grade II* formal gardens, a large Victorian rock garden and ice house, celtic cross, 50 acres of parkland, lake and woodland. A guided tour around the 50 room Georgian mansion does much more than display a superb collection of antique furniture, paintings and porcelain; it makes the family's history come alive whilst having that warmth which reminds you it is still the privately owned and cherished home of the Molesworth-St Aubyn family. Pencarrow is approached by a magnificent mile-long carriage drive through an Iron Age hill fort. Around the Palladian mansion are Grade II* formal gardens, a large Victorian rock garden and ice house, celtic cross, 50 acres of parkland, lake and woodland with more than 700 varieties of rhododendrons and many camellias, easily accessible along well-maintained footpaths. There are lovely Tea Rooms, and a Wendy House with plenty of toys for the children to enjoy. Dogs are welcome off the lead in the woodland (on the lead around the house). Pencarrow is also a popular film location with films including “A Congregation of Ghosts” starring the late Edward Woodward, Great Country Houses for Athena Films, “The Red Dress” , “The Weekend” and in July 2012 "A Question of Honour" each adaptations of novels written by Cornish author Rosamunde Pilcher who enjoys a huge following in Germany with films serialised on the national German TV station Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
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Location: Pencarrow, Cornwall, England
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Keywords: estate, formal, garden, georgian, grade, house, ii*, lake, mansion, molesworth, palladian, parkland, pencarrow
