- Morrab Gardens
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Coordinates: 50°06′58″N 5°32′13″W / 50.116°N 5.537°W
Morrab Gardens are a municipal garden covering three acres (12,000 m²) to the south of Penzance town centre, Cornwall, UK. It is known for its Mediterranean and sub-tropical plants.
Morrab House with its walled garden was built in 1841 by brewer Samuel Pidwell. The house is described as "...a large stucco villa in the Georgian manner with columned porch". Shortly after the Pidwell family moved to Portugal and the property was purchased by Charles Campbell Ross banker and Member of Parliament for the St Ives Constituency.[1] In 1889 the property was bought by the Corporation of Penzance and Reginald Upcher, a landscape gardener from London, was commissioned to develop the grassy fields that sloped down to the sea into a municipal park. In the same year the Penzance Library secured a lease as tenants and moved to Morrab House from the municipal buildings.[2] and is now known as the Morrab Library. The garden is now in the ownership of Cornwall Council and feature some Grade II Listed Buildings including a Victorian bandstand, fountain and Boer war memorial.[3]
References
- ^ http://morrabgardens.tripod.com/
- ^ Pool, P. A. S. (1974) The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, Penzance: Corporation of Penzance
- ^ http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=27568
External links
Categories:- Cornwall geography stubs
- United Kingdom garden stubs
- Gardens in Cornwall
- Penzance and Newlyn
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