On our way out of Cornwall today, we diverted to Lanhydrock House, an Elizabethan manor house (though history records a house standing on this site sice the 1700s). It has been owned by the National Trust since it was given to them in 1953.
I can remember being dragged around this place as a child in the 70s by my Parents and Grandparents (and a few more NT properties in Cornwall) when it was raining (and many times when it was wasn't)
A stunning property and gardens. Well worth the membership fee
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