Pencarrow

Pencarrow

Pencarrow is a country house in Cornwall, England, UK. Situated between Bodmin and Wadebridge, the house is approached by a driveway of almost one-mile.

The house was started in the 1760s, extending an older house on the site, by the fourth Sir John Molesworth, and then completed after his death in 1766, by his son the fifth Sir John Molesworth. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=67655 Detailed Record ] ] The architect was Robert Allanson and Pencarrow was probably his finest achievement.

The surrounding woodlands and gardens, laid out by Sir William Molesworth between 1831 and 1835, now contain 160 species of specimen conifers, 700 species of rhododendrons and 60 species of camellias, and an Italian garden, a granite rockery and lake.

Trivia

*A German company filmed a version of the Rosamunde Pilcher novel "The Red Dress" here in the summer of 1998.
*Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote the score to "Iolanthe" whilst a guest in the house.

References

External links

* [http://www.pencarrow.co.uk/homepage.asp Pencarrow's official website]
* [http://www.westcountryviews.co.uk/houses/pencarrow/pencarrow.htm 15 photographs of Pencarrow at westcountryviews.co.uk]


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