Trerice

Trerice is a historic manor house near Newquay in Cornwall, standing three miles east of the town at Kestle Mill. The Tudor building has been owned by the National Trust since 1953 and is listed Grade I. Two stone lions on the front lawn are separately listed Grade II. The name comes from Cornish words meaning ‘ford farmstead’. The house sits in a garden with an orchard of old fruit varieties. The house matters because it shows how a Cornish estate grew from a 14th-century tower into a grand E-plan manor. Sir John Arundell, High Sheriff of Cornwall, added the main range around 1570–1573. The Arundell family held Trerice for four centuries until the male line ended in 1768. The Wentworth and Acland families later owned it before it passed to the National Trust. Visitors find a south-east facing E-plan house with two earlier wings. The front lawn holds the stone lions. Inside, rooms reflect the Tudor and later periods. Outside, the garden includes an orchard with old apple and pear trees. The setting is quiet farmland three miles from the coast.