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Castles and Stately Homes in Truro
              This section covers castles and stately homes in the Truro Region, these historic buildings usually date back hundreds even thousands of years and are real educational experiences for the whole family. Topics covered include the middle ages, political and royalty evolution spanning time and history. Or just a great day out at lush tree lined grounds and flowered gardens and take in the sights of wonderful buildings and castles. Tours of these buildings are widely available and worth consideration for an in depth knowledge of the sites you wish to visit. Some sites like stately homes have gardens, animals and lots of other things to see and do. We provide information on castles and stately homes by county, city or by activity. Please use the home page map for county level castles and stately homes browsing. If you cannot find what castles and stately homes you like by city level here, please use the home page search box for more detailed searching castles and stately homes options. If you think we have missed somewhere you would like to see in this category, or you spot any incorrect information then please let us know by e-mail or by using the contact us form provided. | You are viewing results 1 to 7 of 7 |
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This Iron Age settlement was originally occupied almost 2,000 years ago. The village consisted of eight stone-walled homesteads known as ‘courtyard houses’, found only on the Land’s...
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Magnificent late Victorian country house with extensive servants' quarters, gardens and wooded estate Stunning seventeenth-century gatehouse and long gallery The ultimate 19th-century...
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Set on a large natural mound, Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, its focus is an unusual keep consisting of a 13th-century round tower built...
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Constructed between 1540 and 1545, Pendennis and its sister St Mawes Castle form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal castles built by Henry VIII to counter a threat from France and Spain....
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The great 13th-century circular shell-keep of Restormel still encloses the principal rooms of the castle in remarkably good condition. It stands on an earlier Norman mound surrounded by a deep dry...
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The best preserved and most elaborately decorated of Henry VIII’s coastal fortresses, St Mawes was built to counter invasion threats from France and Spain. Its counterpart was Pendennis, on the...
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With its spectacular location on one of Britain’s most dramatic coastlines, Tintagel is an awe-inspiring and romantic spot, a place of legends. Joined to the mainland by a narrow neck of land,...
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