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| Just a snapshot of what there is to see in the 50 acres of gardens! There is Mole's Garden, the memorial garden to the late Lt Col Sir Arscott Molesworth-St Aubyn Bart, with beautiful views down the valley towards the House. The garden incorporates pools within the dammed stream, a bridge to the far bank and imaginative planting of grasses and shrubs which sway with the breeze coming from the lake. A special feature is a cobbled area depicting the badge of the 60th Rifles, Sir Arscott’s regiment, which later became the Royal Green Jackets. |
| The Gardens at Pencarrow were designed and laid out by the Radical politician, Sir William Molesworth, between 1831 and 1855. |
| Before his death, Sir William was able to say that he had planted a specimen of every conifer, except ten, known to man and considered sufficiently hardy to stand a chance of surviving the British climate. |
| Lt. Col. Sir Arscott Molesworth-St. Aubyn extensively restored and replanted the gardens, which had become derelict during and after the Second World War.
Sir Arscott planted out more than 160 different species of specimen conifers, more than 700 different Rhododendron hybrids, and more than 60 different Camellias. All of these are to be seen in the gardens today. |
| The beautifully proportioned sunken Italian Garden is a prime feature immediately to the south of the house.
The great rockery adjacent was built using large blocks of granite carried from Bodmin Moor. |
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