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'''Pencarrow''' ({{lang-kw|Pennkarow}}<ref>http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=f3fabe0c-206f-4e0c-8889-4ce4a5060e5b&version=-1</ref>) is a [[country house]] in north [[Cornwall]], England, [[United Kingdom]]. It is situated three miles (5 km) east-southeast of [[Wadebridge]] and three miles (5 km) north-northwest of [[Bodmin]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5</ref> |
'''Pencarrow''' ({{lang-kw|Pennkarow}}<ref>http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=f3fabe0c-206f-4e0c-8889-4ce4a5060e5b&version=-1</ref>) is a [[listed building|Grade II*-listed]] [[country house]] in north [[Cornwall]], England, [[United Kingdom]]. It is situated three miles (5 km) east-southeast of [[Wadebridge]] and three miles (5 km) north-northwest of [[Bodmin]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5</ref> |
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==History== |
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Construction of Pencarrow started in the 1760s, extending an older house on the site, by the fourth Sir [[John Molesworth]], and then completed after his death in 1766, by his son the fifth Sir John Molesworth.<ref>[http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=67655 English Heritage: Images of England website: Detailed Record]</ref> The architect was [[Robert Allanson]] and Pencarrow was probably his finest achievement. |
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Construction of Pencarrow started in the 1760s, extending a large older house on the site, by Sir [[John Molesworth]], the [[Molesworth-St Aubyn baronets|4th Baronet Molesworth]], and then completed after his death in 1766, by his son, the fifth [[baronet]], Sir John Molesworth. The architect was probably [[Robert Allanson]]. The initial remodelling of the house may have begun around 1730 as the [[Palladian architecture|Palladian style]] of the house was somewhat out of fashion by the 1760s and 1770s when much of the work was done. Another clue is that the symmetry of the south and east facades is not matched by any symmetry in the interior plan, possibly because the layout of the building's rooms inhibited the axial symmetry associated with the Palladian style.<ref name="eh">{{cite web|title=Images of England: Pencarrow House|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=1&id=67655|website=www.imagesofengland.org.uk|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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| ⚫ | The surrounding woodlands and gardens, laid out by Sir [[Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet|William Molesworth]] between 1831 and 1835, now contain 160 species of specimen conifers, 700 species of [[rhododendron]]s and 60 species of [[camellia]]s, and an Italian garden, a granite rockery and lake. [[Araucaria araucana]] derives its popular name of "monkey puzzle tree" from what happened when a young specimen of it at Pencarrow was shown to a group of friends of the owner; one of them made the remark "It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"; as the species had no existing popular name, first 'monkey puzzler', then 'monkey puzzle' stuck.<ref>{{Cite book| author= Alan Mitchell | title=Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain| publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]] | year=1996|pages= | isbn=0-00-219972-6}}</ref> |
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The oldest parts of the house probably date from the late 17th or early 18th centuries, although there were earlier building on the site. The south and east facades are stuccoed stone rubble and brick while the north side is stone rubble. The west side is built of dressed slate stone with a molded plinth. The roofs are slate with hipped ends on the south and east fronts.<ref name=eh/> |
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| ⚫ | The surrounding woodlands and gardens, laid out by Sir [[Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet|William Molesworth]], the 8th Baronet, between 1831 and 1835, now contain 160 species of specimen conifers, 700 species of [[rhododendron]]s and 60 species of [[camellia]]s, and an Italian garden, a granite rockery and lake. [[Araucaria araucana]] derives its popular name of "monkey puzzle tree" from what happened when a young specimen of it at Pencarrow was shown to a group of friends of the owner; one of them made the remark "It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"; as the species had no existing popular name, first 'monkey puzzler', then 'monkey puzzle' stuck.<ref>{{Cite book| author= Alan Mitchell | title=Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain| publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins]] | year=1996|pages= | isbn=0-00-219972-6}}</ref> |
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==Cultural associations== |
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*Sir [[Arthur Sullivan]] wrote the score to ''[[Iolanthe]]'' whilst a guest in the house. |
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*A German company filmed a version of the [[Rosamunde Pilcher]] novel ''The Red Dress'' here in the summer of 1998. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 15:25, 13 August 2016
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Pencarrow (Cornish: Pennkarow[1]) is a Grade II*-listed country house in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated three miles (5 km) east-southeast of Wadebridge and three miles (5 km) north-northwest of Bodmin.[2]
History
Construction of Pencarrow started in the 1760s, extending a large older house on the site, by Sir John Molesworth, the 4th Baronet Molesworth, and then completed after his death in 1766, by his son, the fifth baronet, Sir John Molesworth. The architect was probably Robert Allanson. The initial remodelling of the house may have begun around 1730 as the Palladian style of the house was somewhat out of fashion by the 1760s and 1770s when much of the work was done. Another clue is that the symmetry of the south and east facades is not matched by any symmetry in the interior plan, possibly because the layout of the building's rooms inhibited the axial symmetry associated with the Palladian style.[3]
Description
The oldest parts of the house probably date from the late 17th or early 18th centuries, although there were earlier building on the site. The south and east facades are stuccoed stone rubble and brick while the north side is stone rubble. The west side is built of dressed slate stone with a molded plinth. The roofs are slate with hipped ends on the south and east fronts.[3]
The surrounding woodlands and gardens, laid out by Sir William Molesworth, the 8th Baronet, between 1831 and 1835, now contain 160 species of specimen conifers, 700 species of rhododendrons and 60 species of camellias, and an Italian garden, a granite rockery and lake. Araucaria araucana derives its popular name of "monkey puzzle tree" from what happened when a young specimen of it at Pencarrow was shown to a group of friends of the owner; one of them made the remark "It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"; as the species had no existing popular name, first 'monkey puzzler', then 'monkey puzzle' stuck.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=f3fabe0c-206f-4e0c-8889-4ce4a5060e5b&version=-1
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ a b "Images of England: Pencarrow House". www.imagesofengland.org.uk. Historic England. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Alan Mitchell (1996). Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain. Collins. ISBN 0-00-219972-6.