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Antony House & Garden
The National Trust
Torpoint
Cornwall
PL11 2QA
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| Contact |
Property Office |
| Enquiries |
01752 812191 |
| Fax |
01752 812724 |
| Email |
antony@nationaltrust.org.uk |
| Website |
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/antony |
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Overlooking the Lynher River, the grounds landscaped
by Humphry Repton
include formal courtyard, terraces, ornamental Japanese
pond, fine summer borders, sculptures and a knot garden.
Houses national collection of Hemerocallis (610 cultivars).
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Open |
29 Mar - 26 May
House open: Tues Wed & Thurs 13:00 - 17:00
Garden open: Tues, Wed & Thurs 11:00-17:00
28 May - 30 Oct
House open: Tues, Wed, Thurs & Sun 13:00 - 17:00
Garden open: Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat & Sun 11:00-17:00 |
Admission |
Adults: £7.90, Children: £5.00, Family: £20.80
1-adult Family: £12.90. Garden Only £4.00, Children:£2.00.
Combined Gardens (with
Antony Woodland Garden):£8.00 |
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Antony House was constructed, for Sir William Carew, between
1711-1721. The house stands on a peninsular formed by the confluence
of two estuaries - the River Tamar to the east and the river
Lynher to the north. The house like the nearby
Cotehele was spared the ravages that
so many of the country's fine houses underwent in the name of
modernisation in the Victorian period.
Antony House features some exceptional furnishings. A splendid
collection of portraits including examples of works by Reynolds
and a painting of Charles I at his trial. The house and gardens
were donated to the National Trust in 1961. There are 35 acres
of landscaped garden adjacent to the house, managed by the National
Trust, and 65 acres of natural woodland managed by the Carew
Pole Garden Trust (see Antony
Woodland Garden).
The house is a two-storey, silver-grey stone, block faced building
with two brick wings joined by colonnades, and has remained
largely unaltered, apart from the addition of the 19th century
porch. The main rooms in the house are panelled in Dutch oak,
with some still containing the original 18th century furniture.
Antony House has some fine displays of paintings and treasures
belonging to the generations of the Carew family - a fine historic
record that dates back to long before the actual construction
of the house.
There are also some fine displays of fine china, tapestries,
embroideries and portraits. The collection of portraits at Antony
includes examples of work by Reynolds and a painting of Charles
I at his trial. A portrait of Richard Carew, a historian and
author of the 'Survey of Cornwall' who inherited the estate
in 1564 faces Charles across the entrance hall. Antony's superb
25 acre landscaped gardens include a formal courtyard, terraces,
ornamental Japanese pond, fine summer borders, sculptures and
knot garden. The gardens are the home for the national collection
of Hemerocallis (610 cultivars).
A lot of the landscaping was carried out by
Humphry Repton, who
swept away the formal parterres to the north of the house in
the late 18th century. The topiary and yew hedges are the work
Mr Pole Carew who redesigned the garden in 1800. The house's
magnificent lawns sweep down to the River Lynher. There are
many species of indigenous and exotic trees and a collection
of camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons, magnolias and other flowering
shrubs.
The museum corridor contains a collection of stone carvings
from the North West Frontier of India and the garden is home
to a temple bell from Burma brought back to Antony House by
General Sir Reginald Pole-Carew. There is also a natural woodland
of 65 acres bordering the estuary of the River Lynher.
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