Notices of Gardens and Country Seats. 121 



Art. IV. Notices of Gardens and Country Seats in Oreat Britain 

 and Ireland, supplementary to, or corrective of, the Notices given in 

 the " Encyclopedia of Gardening^ By various Contributors. 



(JOontinued from p. 61.) 



ENGLAND. 



TreGOTHNAN, near Truro, Cornwall, on the rivei- Fal ; Earl of Falmouth. — 

 The house is superbly built, with an exterior embellished with a profusion of 

 small towers and pinnacles. The walks, which are delightfully shaded, extend 

 in different directions over an eminence ; and the whole is well wooded. The 

 park is large, and stocked with deer, and commands a beautiful variety of 

 scenery over the navigable waters of the Fal. The drives, which are several 

 miles in length, afford the most enchanting prospects. 



Werrington Park, near Launceston ; Duke of Northumberland, — Although 

 it lies on the Cornish side of the river Tamar, it is nevertheless considered to 

 be in Devonshire ; at least, the temporal causes of the parish of Werrington 

 are subject to the county of Devon, while its ecclesiastical polity is connected 

 with the archdeaconry of Cornwall ; and with these circumstances, with some 

 others, it may be considered to be attached to both counties. The house is 

 a noble structure, situated on the southern side of the Tamar. The new 

 buildings of this mansion, which compose a large part of the whole, have 

 three fronts, in each of which there is a door that opens into an extensive 

 park ; the scenery of which is exceedingly rich and diversified, and has an 

 air of great magnificence, particularly in a southern direction, where the view 

 takes in an elegant bridge of great extent thrown across the Tamar, Here 

 the grounds spring up in abrupt knolls, covered with foliage, which shades 

 the waters that are winding down among the rocks, whence they burst forth, 

 and form an expansive lake below. 



JBoconnoc, some distance from Bodmin ; Lord Grenville. — The mansion 

 was new modelled by Governor Pitt, who added a new wing ; and the first 

 Lord Camelford added a second, in which there is a handsome gallery, 100 ft. 

 long. It is situated in a delightful lawn, of nearly 100 acres, which is varied 

 by plantations and trees ; and the wooded hills around rise in beautiful suc- 

 cession ; among which a drive is carried on for six miles in circuit, giving access 

 to every part of the grounds, and affording fine views of the scenery. The 

 oak is more flourishing here than in most parts of Cornwall ; and the beech 

 and elm grow luxuriantly. An elegantly proportioned obelisk, at some 

 distance, on the northern side of the house, forms a prominent feature : it 

 was erected to the memory of Sir Richard Lyttleton, and is now surrounded 

 by a plantation of firs. Boconnoc will be long interesting in the annals of 

 Great Britain, from its having been alternately the head quarters of the 

 Earl of Essex, and the court of His Majesty King Charles I. in the year 

 164.4. 



Treloivarren, five Miles South of Helstone ; Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart. — 

 A fine old castellated building. The plantations here are very extensive, and 

 in some parts of them the wood thrives remarkably well, and produces fine 

 timber. The grounds about the house are of a pleasing description ; and a 

 part of the garden was, a few years ago, devoted to a systematic arrangement 

 of plants. Near to this place are the Goonhilly Downs, on which the Cornish 

 heath (Gypsocallis vagans) grows spontaneously. 



Clowance, near Hayle, betiueen Helstone and Camborne. — A large portion 

 of the estate is surrounded by a stone wall, nearly four miles in length, erected 

 by the present Sir John St. Aubyn, which encloses the mansion, park, pleasure- 

 grounds, garden, &c. Trees grow here better than in most places in the west 

 ot Cornwall. A fine sheet of water adds great beauty to the place, which is 

 generally much admired by visiters. This i"s the first place in Cornwall where 

 the western plane (Platanus occidentalis) was introduced. 



