Trelissick
Trelissick was first recorded in 1275 and the name means Leidic's Farm. A villa was first built in the 1750s and both the house and gardens were extended during the 19th Century first by Thomas Daniell - from a hugely wealthy mining family, but subsequently bankrupt through gambling - and then by Carew Davies-Gilbert - a wealthy Victorian plant-hunter who added the second floor and greatly developed the garden. During the 20th Century the estate was bought by the director of Harrods and inherited by Florence Nightingale's second cousin before being donated to the National Trust in 1955.
On walks
- Trelissick (4.7 mile walk)
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