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A tudor home set in 18th century gardens on the Rame peninsula, home to deer, fallow and follies. Mount Edgcumbe House was first built in the 1500s and was rebuilt after World War Two. It is jointly owned by Plymouth City Council and Cornwall County Council and is one of the regions most popular historic tourist destinations. There are 864 acres of parkland and seven miles of spectacular coastline forming the western boundary of Plymouth Sound. A large proportion of the Park is a Grade 1 historic garden, the earliest landscaped park in Cornwall. There are eight acres of colourful formal gardens, laid out in the French, Italian, and English styles, together with new American and New Zealand gardens.
Formal Areas are accessible to people of most abilities, but some paths are uneven and some are sloping. Access within the house is limited due to the listed status of the building (access on the ground floor is to the rear of the house). The House and Earl Garden (admission charged) is open Sunday to Thursday and Bank Holidays between 11.00 am and 4.30pm from April to September. |
