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and to the north i.s the King's Bedroom, in which it is said 

 Charles II. once slept, and which is said to have had five modes of 

 egress — three by doors, one by the roof, and one by the floor. 



Tradition says that before the eolonade was built the court- 

 yard on the north was open so that the building was in the form 

 of the letter H ; the cross building being, probably, pulled down 

 when the eolonade and rooms over were built. 



The eolonade in front was built in the middle of the 18th 

 century by Francis Earl of Q-odolphin, with granite brought 

 from Tregonning Hill, and the story goes that the rooms over 

 were never finished, but this does not appear to have been the 

 case ; before the eolonade is now a gravel walk, but under it is 

 a paved floor with two steps up to the entrance. 



The ground in front was formerly enclosed with a fair 

 coped wall, the two sides of which remain, but the front wall 

 across the Avenue was pulled down many years ago. The steps 

 in the stile on the eastern side are apparently formed by some 

 of the muUions from the windows of the old building. 



So much for the interesting old mansion itself, but its 

 gardens, shut in by groups of weather-beaten trees, deserve a 

 word of notice. A wide hedge, of a width sufficient to drive a 

 coach and four on, runs around them and through the estate. 

 And although tradition states that it was intended for a road, it 

 was more probable it was intended for shelter, a similar hedge 

 existing at Killegarth, near Polperro. The two stew ponds, 

 which were formerly full of fish until killed by the mine water, 

 lie south-east of the house ; and between them and the kitchen 

 are the foundations of a large building, probably a barn used 

 for the storage of rent in kind. A box hedge which attains a 

 height of about 20 feet, deserves mention. And Gilbert says an 

 extensive deer-park still existed on one side at the time he wrote. 



In concluding this short notice, I have to tender my thanks 

 to Mr. Eosewarne for information most readily and courteously 

 given as to the old house and its surroundings, and I have also to 

 acknowledge most valuable assistance afforded by Mr. Walter H. 

 Tregellas. 



