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Caerhays Castle & Gardens
Estate Office
Caerhays
Gorran
St Austell
Cornwall
PL26 6LY
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| Contact |
The
Estate Office |
| Enquiries |
01872
501310 / 501144 |
| Fax |
01872
501870 |
| Email |
estateoffice@caerhays.co.uk |
| Website |
www.caerhays.co.uk |
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Informal woodland garden created by J C Williams who
sponsored plant-hunting expeditions to China at the
turn of the 20th Century. Noted especially for
the camellias,
magnolias, rhododendrons and oaks.
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Open |
Gardens: 15th February - 31st May, daily
10.00 -17.00 House : 15th March - 31st May, Mon -
Fri, including bank holidays. Tours 12.00 13:30,
15:00. |
Admission |
Gardens £5.50, Children under 16 £2.50, Under 5's
free
House £5.50, Children under 16 £2.50, Under 5's free
Combined £9.50, Children under 16 £3.50, Under 5's
free
Guided Tours for groups 15+: £6.50 per person |
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The House was
deigned by John Nash in 1805 for John Bettesworth Trevanion.
Who lived on the estate until 1840. The house was in a state
of some disrepair when it was purchased by the current
owners the Williams Family in 1853. But it wasn't until
J C Williams took over the estate in the 1890s that they
began to develop the gardens. J C Williams was a keen
hybridiser of rhododendrons and camellias and In 1903 he
sponsored E H Wilson's plant collecting expeditions to
China. The current owners have maintained and enhanced the
100 hundred acres of woodland garden with species from New
Zealand, Australia and the USA.
Caerhays is home to the National
Plant Collections of
Magnolia.
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