Penheale Manor, Launceston, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.  

Early 20th century gardens in part designed by Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Penheale Manor is situated about 5 kilometres north-west of Launceston, and about 1.25 kilometres north-west of the village of Egloskerry. The about 13 hectares site adjoins agricultural land on all sides, from which the gardens are separated to the south, west, and north-west by tracks. The site slopes from south-west to north-east while the River Ottery flows from north-west to south-east through the valley about 0.5 kilometres north-east of the house. The buildings of Penheale Barton adjoin the site to the north-west. There are views north and north-east from the gardens.

REFERENCES

C S Gilbert, Historical Survey of Cornwall ii, (1820), p 527

E Twycross, The Mansions of England ... Cornwall, (1846), p 56

Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall i, (1867), pp 325-327

Country Life, 57 (28 March 1925), pp 484-491; (4 April 1925), pp 524-531

N Pevsner and E Radcliffe, The Buildings of England: Cornwall (2nd edn 1970), p 135

J Brown, Gardens of a Golden Afternoon (1982), p 173

P Hobhouse, Private Gardens of England (1986), pp 30-35

D E Pett, The Parks and Gardens of Cornwall (1998), pp 207-209

Illustrations

E Twycross, Penheale Manor from the north-east, mid 19th century (in Twycross 1846)

Archival items

G Jekyll, Planting plans, 1920 (NMR, Swindon)

E Lutyens, Plan for Penheale Manor, 1920 (RIBA Drawings Collection, 236)

Photographs, early 20th century (in CL 1925)

Description written: September 2000

Amended: October 2000, July 2001

Edited: October 2001