Museum Details
 | Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park | Contact Person T: 01752 822236 | Admission Charges Adults: £7.20 Children: (5-15s, under 5s free) £3.75 Earl's Garden Only: £3.50 Connection tickets with a cruise of the River Tamar are available The Country Park is open daily free of charge. |
| Opening Hours | |
| 3 April - 30 September last admission at 4:00 pm | In March and October the house can be opened for group bookings. |
Museum Description
Mount Edgcumbe House is the focus of an impressive Tudor estate (now Mount Edgcumbe Country Park) with spectacular views over Plymouth Sound. The house was originally built in 1547-1550 when it replaced Cotehele, 10 miles up the river at Tamar, as the main family seat. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe commissioned Adrian Gilbert Scott to rebuild the house in 1958 as it had suffered a direct hit by bombs in 1941. The interior is furnished with family possessions - including paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gerald Edema and William Van der Velde - Irish Bronze Age horns, 16th century tapestries and 18th century Chinese and Plymouth porcelain.
The Earl's Garden was created beside the house in the 18th century. Ancient and rare trees - including a 400-year-old lime, a Lucombe oak and a Mexican pine - are set amidst classical garden houses and an exotic shell seat.
The house is family-friendly with costumes to try on and other activities. We have an annual exhibition programme and offer resources for school groups.
In recent years, old estate workshops have been restored. The impressive sawmill and the wheelwrights shop, complete with tools, can be visited. There is also the old 'Crib room', in which a bat-cam has been installed for observing lesser horseshoe bats.
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| Local & Family History Social History | Local History | Cafe |
