Pencarrow

Washaway
Bodmin
Cornwall
PL30 3AG

Tel: +44 (0)1208 841 369
Fax: +44 (0)1208 841 722
Email: info@pencarrow.co.uk
Web: http://www.pencarrow.co.uk


Pencarrow is a private house still owned and lived in by the Molesworth-St.Aubyn family. The present house was built during the 1760's. The house has a very fine collection of pictures, furniture, porcelain and antique dolls. The rooms offer a superb insight into the life of a Georgian country house, which is not a museum but a family home with everyday activities, people and dogs.

The gardens were designed in 1831 and include a beautiful sunken Italian garden, Victorian rockery, lake and mile-long drive through giant rhododendrons, camellias, blue hydrangeas and internationally known specimen trees. There is also a children's play area with a Cornish slate Wendy House. Peacocks, bantams, doves and guinea fowl roam freely.

General Information:

  • Licensed tea room
  • Shop & craft gallery
  • Disabled access to ground floor, recorded commentary of upstairs tour
  • Disabled parking and toilets.

     

    Opening Times
    (2007 times)
    House:
    Sunday to Thursday, 1st April to 25th October, 11.00am - 5.00pm (last tour 3.30pm).

    Gardens:
    1st March to 31st October.

    Admission Charges
    (2007 prices)
    House & Gardens (including guided tour):
    Adult £8.00; Child (5-16yrs)£4.00; Family £22.00

    Gardens Only:
    Adult £4.00; Child £1.00.

    Directions
    Pencarrow is 4 miles from Bodmin and signposted off the A389 and B3266
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