Museums · South West England
Godolphin Estate
In or near St Hilary.
The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Prospidnick Halt · 4.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The estate was the seat of the Dukes of Leeds and the Earls of Godolphin. It contains a Tudor/Stuart mansion, complete with early formal gardens, dating from c. 1500, and Elizabethan stables of around 1600. The present house is the remnant of a larger mansion. From 1786 it was owned by the Dukes of Leeds who never lived there. In 1920 George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds sold it to the sitting tenant Peter Quintrell Treloar. After Treloar died in 1922, the following year his wife sold it to James Penna, an agricultural engineer. Penna died in 1926 and his son James Henry lived there until his death in 1935. In that year it was bought C.B. Stevens, a local man, who sold the house and estate to…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.1380, -5.3584
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Breage
- Postcode
- TR13 9RE
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Nearest railway station
- Prospidnick Halt — 4.5 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Godolphin Estate (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Godolphin Estate?
- Godolphin Estate is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR13 9RE), in the parish of Breage.
- What is Godolphin Estate?
- The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km (4.3 mi) north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building.
- How do I get to Godolphin Estate?
- The nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, about 4.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode TR13 9RE.
- Who owns Godolphin Estate?
- Godolphin Estate is owned by National Trust.
- Is Godolphin Estate a protected site?
- Yes — Godolphin Estate is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Godolphin Estate?
- The nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, about 4.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR13 9RE.