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Lanhydrock: House, Church & Lands

From EH Listing:
"In the medieval period Lanhydrock was a grange belonging to the Priory of St Petroc at Bodmin. At the Dissolution the property passed to the Glynn family, and subsequently, through marriage, to the Lyttelton family. In 1577 a further marriage settlement conveyed it to Thomas Trenance, in whose family it remained until 1620 when it was sold to Sir Richard Robartes of Truro. Sir Richard was created Baron Robartes of Truro in 1625, and began to rebuild the monastic grange; this work was completed by his son John, second Lord Robartes, who inherited the estate in 1634. Lord Robartes, who in 1630 married Lucy Rich, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, was active in politics and garrisoned Lanhydrock for Parliament during the Civil War and fought at Edge Hill and Newbury. The house was taken by Royalist forces in 1644, but after 1649 it was recovered by Robartes, who spent much time there in retirement from politics. In 1679 he was created Earl of Radnor and Viscount Bodmin by Charles II. The first Earl's eldest son, Robert, Viscount Bodmin died in 1682, three years before his father; at the first Earl's death the estate passed to his grandson, Charles Bodville Robartes, second Earl of Radnor. Through his wife the second Earl inherited Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire (qv) in 1693; Radnor laid out extensive formal gardens at Wimpole, but in 1710 financial pressures forced him to sell the property. The second Earl died without issue in 1723, and was succeeded as third Earl by his nephew Henry (c 1695-1741). The third Earl also died childless, leaving the title to a distant cousin and the Cornish estates to his sister Mary, the wife of Thomas Hunt of Great Mollington, Cheshire. Their eldest son, George (1720?-98), moved to Lanhydrock and renovated the house which had been empty since 1723. George Hunt, who served as MP for Bodmin from 1753, remained unmarried, and at his death in 1798 left the property to his niece, Anna Maria Hunt. Anna Maria married Charles Agar, youngest son of the first Viscount Clifden in 1804, but her husband died only seven years later, leaving her to manage the estate until their son, Thomas, came of age in 1829. Thomas Agar assumed the additional name of Robartes in 1822, and between 1847 and 1868 served as MP for East Cornwall; he was created Baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and Truro in 1869. At Lanhydrock, Lord Robartes developed the park and surrounding estate with plantations and connecting carriage drives, while the house was altered by George Gilbert Scott (1811-78) in 1857. In 1881 the house was devastated by fire; Lady Robartes died within days from shock, and Lord Robartes died the following year. Their son Thomas, second Baron Robartes rebuilt the house to designs produced by Richard Coad. In 1894 Lord Robartes bought back the Wimpole estate which had been sold in 1710; this was settled on his second son, Gerald, in 1906. On the death of his cousin in 1899, Lord Robartes became sixth Viscount Clifden. Lord Clifden's eldest son was killed during the First World War, and at his death in 1930 Lanhydrock passed to his second son, who sold Wimpole in 1936. The seventh Viscount gave the house, park, and woodlands to the National Trust in 1953, in whose ownership the property remains (2000)."

EH Listed Grade I
Lanhydrock House: LinkExternal link
Church of St Hydrock: LinkExternal link
Gatehouse: LinkExternal link
EH Listed Grade II*
Service building: LinkExternal link
Walls & Gates: LinkExternal link
Park & Garden: LinkExternal link
EH Listed Grade II
Churchyard cross: LinkExternal link
Churchyard monument (unidentified): LinkExternal link
Coffin rest (in churchyard): LinkExternal link
Urns: LinkExternal link
There are other Grade II listed structures in the wider grounds.

Lanhydrock is owned and cared for by the National Trust and can be visited: LinkExternal link
by Rob Farrow

Created: Tue, 19 Sep 2023, Updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2023


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SX0863 : Part of the gardens at Lanhydrock by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Driveway to Lanhydrock House by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Lanhydrock Gardens by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Gardeners Cottage at Lanhydrock by DS Pugh
SX0864 : Path in the grounds of Lanhydrock by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Ancient cross by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Gatehouse at Landhydrock by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Church of St Hydrock - Chancel by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Ceiling of North Range - plasterwork detail by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : South side of Lanhydrock House by DS Pugh
SX0963 : Driveway near Newton by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Towards the gatehouse by DS Pugh
SX0864 : Lanhydrock - Lane through north of estate by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - House - Eastern frontage by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Parkland beside Lady's Walk by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Church of St Hydrock - Reredos by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Yews in front of house and church by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Ceiling repairs at Lanhydrock by DS Pugh
SX0864 : Ticket office at Lanhydrock by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Church of St Hydrock - Royal Arms of James I by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Approaching Landhydrock House by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Lanhydrock - Upper pathway by Rob Farrow
SX0863 : Driveway to the main house by DS Pugh
SX0863 : Gardens on the north side of Lanhydrock House by David Smith
SX0863 : Field beside the driveway to the Lanhydrock House by DS Pugh

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