TREWORGEY, 

 CORNWALL. 



THIS old-fashioned Cornish manor house, 

 standing about a mile and a-halt" north- west 

 of Liskeard, with a plc.isant aspect to the 

 front and the eternal granite hills behind, 

 was an ancient seat of the Connocks, and is said 

 to have been built in or about the year 1598. Of 

 this period no visible traces remain, for there is no 

 appearance of great antiquity ; but within and without 

 there are features of interest. The mansion is built 

 of stone, of granite, we believe, but is faced with 

 plaster, and its long range, with the mcxiest classic 

 porch in the middle and the low gable over it, h.is a 

 character of simplicity and rural quaintness that is 

 quite its own. 



The great distinction is in the huge and singular 

 yews, which are surely among the most curious in 

 England, and the topiary sculptor has gone to work 

 in a spirit of much originality. Although the district 

 is hilly, the house stands upon a level space, with 

 some four acres of ground about it, all pleasant and 

 attractive, and a simple iron railing, with curious iron 

 gateposts, surmounted by well- modelled lead vases, 

 encloses a forecourt. Here arc grass plats with four 



of the ureat yews, .nul two leaden Romans, much like 

 the pair at Newton Kcrrers, which is only a do/en 

 miles off, keep guard upon pedestals, with most happy 

 and distinctive effect. Although the soil is stony, the 

 trees are ot considerable st/.e, .iiul the wooded outlook 

 is very attractive. Before we leave the house, how- 

 ever, to enter the gardens, let us remember the low- 

 ceiled rooms, some ot them panelled, and the excellent 

 staircase, with its (ieorgian columns and i.irvcd 

 balustrades wearing a garb for such things arc 

 of paint, as well as a carved screen in the old drawing- 

 room, belonging to the time of Chippendale, if not 

 emanating from his workshop, as some tine chairs most 

 probably did. 



The box hedges are, like the yews, old and dense 

 and tine, and ot great thickness veritable bastions ot 

 verdure they are - and a particularly noble one 

 shelters the kitchen garden. The flower garden has 

 nothing so remarkable .is its mighty old yews, which 

 areas big as hayricks, ami resemble them somewhat 

 in shape, 



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These are huge billowy creations, extraordinary 



7REUORGLY. 



