Royal Citadel

A dramatic 17th‐century fortress built to defend the coastline from the Dutch and still in use by the military today. It has been regularly strengthened over the years, particularly during the 1750's when it was equipped with 113 guns, and is still in use today by the…
Distance: 1.5 miles away

Antony House

Superb early 18th‐century mansion set in parkland and fine gardens. The house, containing collections of paintings, furniture and textiles, and home of the Carew family for almost 600 years, is faced in silvery‐grey Pentewan stone, flanked by colonnaded wings of mellow brick. The grounds were landscaped…
Distance: 3.2 miles away

Buckland Abbey

Buckland Abbey is a 700‐year‐old building with fine 16th‐century great hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville.Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The house, incorporating the remains of the 13th‐century abbey church, has…
Distance: 6.8 miles away

Mount Edgcumbe House and

Mount Edgcumbe House is the former home of the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe. Set in Grade I Cornish Gardens within 865 acres Country Park on the Rame Peninsula, SE Cornwall. The House was built between 1547 and 1553 for the renowned Edgcumbe family of Cotehele and…
Distance: 2.3 miles away

Saltram House

Magnificent Georgian mansion with Adam interiors, gardens and park. Home to the Parker family for generations, Saltram is a remarkable survival of a George II mansion modelled around a Tudor core. It is complete with its original contents and set in an attractive landscape park. Robert Adam worked…
Distance: 3.1 miles away

The Garden House

The Garden House is centred on an enchanting Walled Garden created by the plantsman Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katharine around the romantic ruins of a medieval vicarage. Lionels's successor Keith Wiley extended the garden into new areas such as the South African Garden, the Acer Glade,…
Distance: 7.7 miles away

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