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Port Eliot House is a stately home in St Germans, Cornwall. It is the ancestral seat of the Eliot family. The house is within an estate of 6,000-acre which extends into the neighbouring villages of Tideford, Trerulefoot and Polbathic. Originally built as a priory with adjoining St Germans Priory Church, parts of the house date back to the 12th century. It is believed to be the longest continuously inhabited dwelling in England. St Germans Priory Church was once Cornwall's principal cathedral. The house was extensively remodelled in the 18th century by the renowned architect Sir John Soane. The surrounding gardens and parklands were designed by the notable landscape architect Humphry Repton. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Eliot family invested substantially in the estate, building numerous farmhouses, fishermen's cottages and other dwellings across the land. In 2008 the house and grounds opened to the public for the first time. The house is within the council area of Cornwall.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1140516.

Place Type: Historic House
Historic County: Cornwall
Lat, Long: 50.397069,-4.3093844
Grid Reference: SX359577
Police Area: Devon and Cornwall
Council Area: Cornwall
Civil Parish: St Germans CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 319520
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Port_Eliot_House,_Cornwall_319520

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