Port Eliot
Port Eliot in the parish of St Germans, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, is the ancestral seat of the Eliot family, whose present head is Albert Eliot, 11th Earl of St Germans.
Port Eliot | |
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Port Eliot and St Germans Church | |
Location | St Germans, Cornwall, England |
Coordinates | 50.39706°N 4.30931°W |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Port Eliot House |
Designated | 21 July 1951 |
Reference no. | 1140516 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Town Lodge |
Designated | 23 January 1968 |
Reference no. | 1311300 |
Official name | Port Eliot |
Designated | 11 June 1987 |
Reference no. | 1000426 |
Location of Port Eliot in Cornwall |
Port Eliot comprises a stately home with its own church, which serves as the parish church of St Germans. An earlier church building was Cornwall's principal cathedral. The house is within an estate of 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) which extends into the neighbouring villages of Tideford, Trerulefoot and Polbathic. Both house and garden are Grade I listed.
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