County guide · The Stately Homes
Best houses in Cornwall
11 houses in Cornwall, most of them coastal - Tintagel's Arthurian cliff ruin is the famous one, but it isn't the only one worth the trip.
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Every house on this list - 7 in total
Cotehele
Cornwall
Medieval and Tudor granite house overlooking the River Tamar, largely unmodernised
Trerice
Cornwall
Small Elizabethan manor house known for its elaborate curved gables
Pencarrow House
Cornwall
Georgian house occupied by the same family for over 500 years.
Prideaux Place
Cornwall
Elizabethan house overlooking Padstow, home of the Prideaux-Brune family for over 400 years.
Antony
Cornwall
Early 18th-century silver-grey stone house, still home to the Carew Pole family
Godolphin
Cornwall
Tudor and Stuart house built on the wealth of the Godolphin tin mines
Lanhydrock
Cornwall
Victorian country house with over 50 rooms open to visitors, rebuilt after an 1881 fire