Tregrehan is a country house near St. Blazey,

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, designed by

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. It is described by

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as "Late Georgian ... granite ... Ionic colonnade", lso"a pretty little lodge". Tregrehan has been home of the Carlyon family since 1565. During the Middle Ages it was one of the residences of the

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family. The gardens are listed as nationally outstanding (grade II*). The spring garden has been restored by the new owner since 1989. Much of the 20 acres is planted as woodland. There is an 18th-century wooded driveway.''The Most Amazing Gardens in Britain & Ireland''. Reader's Digest Association, 2010; p. 17

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