TRERICE HOUSE & GARDENS
Magnificent Elizabethan Manor House, summer
garden and Lawnmower Museum
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Delightful, small secluded Elizabethan manor house, built in 1571. Contains fine fireplaces, ceilings, furniture and clocks. Summer garden with unusual plants, orchard and lawnmower museum. Shop in house and tea-room in barn. First class facilities for visitors with disabilities.
Trerice is a small Elizabethan manor house built of buff-coloured limestone. The house is set in a quiet valley, approached by a narrow, winding lane. .
The house was built in 1573 by Sir John Arundell , replacing a home that he inherited from his father. Sir John's father, also called Sir John, making his fortune in the service of his country; knighted after the battle of the Spurs, was Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII before going on to serve under King Edward VI and Queen Mary.
The Arundell family supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War and some a degree of financial hardships as a consequence. At the Restoration of the Monarchy their fortunes revived.
The Arundells lived owned Trerice for over 400 years; the property passing to the Acland family of Killerton in Devon in 1802. The property was again placed on the market in 1915, changing hands several times before finally being acquired for the Nation by the National Trust in 1953.
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Trethiggey Farmhouse |
A beautiful large farmhouse (sleeps up to 15 in 6 bedrooms) set in the splendid isolation of its own grounds with wonderful views across a valley, and within 10 minutes of the Atlantic Ocean.
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