Trelissick

Coordinates: 50°13′00.68″N 05°02′00.64″W / 50.2168556°N 5.0335111°W / 50.2168556; -5.0335111
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Not to be confused with Trelissick Manor, St Erth, Cornwall.

Trelissick
Manor House
Town or cityFeock, Cornwall
CountryEngland
Inauguratedc. 1750
OwnerNational Trust
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameTrelissick House and walls surrounding
Designated28 February 1952
Reference no.1159398

Trelissick (

Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation.

It receives over 200,000 visitors annually.[1]

History

The house

Trelissick, first recorded in 1275, means Leidic's farm.[2] Trelissick in the parish of St Ewe has the same derivation but Trelissick in St Erth and Trelissick in Sithney have a different one ("Gwledic's farm").[3]

The house was designed around 1750 by the paternal grandfather of Humphry Davy for John Lawrence and remodelled in the 1820s by Thomas Daniell. It was further extended in the late 19th century. It is Grade 2* listed.[4]

The estate has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1955 when it was donated by

Cornish copper mining industry.[citation needed
]

The contents of the house were sold in July 2013 by Bonhams auctioneers.[5]

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Trelissick in the 1900s.[6]

Garden

Many of the species that flourish in the mild Cornish air, including the rhododendrons and azaleas which are now such a feature of the garden, were planted by the Copelands including hydrangeas, camellias and flowering cherries, and exotics such as the ginkgo and various species of palm. They also ensured that the blossoms they nurtured had a wider, if unknowing audience. Mr Ronald Copeland was chairman and later managing director of his family's business, the Spode china factory. Flowers grown at Trelissick were used as models for those painted on ware produced at the works.

The Copeland family crest, a horse's head, now decorates the weathervane on the turret of the stable block, making a pair with the

Squirrel after discovering Newfoundland
).

The garden is noted for its rare shrubs. It offers a large park, woodland walks, views over the estuary of the River Fal and Falmouth.

Special plants

Trelissick Garden is the home of the

National Plant Collections of photinias and azaras
.

Gallery

  • Trelissick view
    Trelissick view
  • Trelissick view
    Trelissick view
  • Trelissick view
    Trelissick view
  • Trelissick view
    Trelissick view
  • Bridge between the two parts of the garden
    Bridge between the two parts of the garden
  • Chinese cedar
    Chinese cedar
  • Chinese cedar
    Chinese cedar
  • Yucca blossom
    Yucca blossom

References

  1. ^ "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions". www.alva.org.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ISBN 978-1-904808-22-0
    ; p. 72)
  3. ^ Weatherhill (2009); p. 72
  4. ^ Historic England. "Trelissick House and walls surrounding (1159398)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Bonhams : The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China Collection".
  6. ^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Thursday 21 July 1994.
  • "Trelissick" in Feock with Devoran and Carnon Down in the 19th Century (Part 2) by the Feock Local History Group (1973) Republished 2006 (pp. 39–50)
  • National Trust Guide; October 1996

External links

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