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Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House

England
List entry 1021422
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021422
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.49 hectares
Grid reference
SW 60081 31824, SW 60175 31760
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House is a set of formal gardens dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries associated with the prominent Godolphin family estate in Cornwall. The gardens represent the designed landscape improvements characteristic of the early modern period, when substantial landowners embellished their properties with geometric layouts and cultivated grounds reflecting contemporary taste and status. The Side Garden and King's Garden together constitute an important surviving example of Renaissance garden design in southwest England, though their current physical character reflects both original conception and subsequent modifications across the centuries. The site remains integral to understanding the domestic and horticultural practices of the Cornish gentry during this formative period of English country house development.

Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021422. View the official record →

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What is Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House?

Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House is a set of formal gardens dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries associated with the prominent Godolphin family estate in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021422.

Who is responsible for protecting Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House?

Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021422.

What other scheduled monuments are near Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill (1.6 km), Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House (2.3 km), Trevena Cross (3.6 km).

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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
1.6 km
Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
2.3 km
Trevena Cross
3.6 km
Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
3.8 km
Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
4.9 km
Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
5.1 km
Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
5.1 km
Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
5.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House

Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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