Restoration of the Historic Lamellen Garden, Cornwall: Passing the Baton to the Fourth Generation of the Magor Family

摘要

Some six miles (9.6 km) inland from Port Isaac on Cornwall's rugged Atlantic Coast, and three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Camelford village, the A3 9 road heading for Wadebridge descends into the wooded valley of the River Allen. Here the narrow roadtwists and turns amidst the native woodland, as it loses height following the north bank of the river, and shortly before the hamlet of St. Kew Highway is reached, there is a sharp left-hand turn to an access road leading across the river to Lamellen. Onpassing Lamellen Lodge at the entrance gates, there is no indication of what lies ahead as the Main Drive begins to climb steeply, cut into the eastern bank of a narrow valley. The wooded valley gradually begins to open up with its banks clothed in a myriad of colours of bloom set against a host of shades of green, as the drive climbs for around three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) to the Picturesque Elizabethan style Lamellen House. The house stands sentinel with a commanding view looking out across thegarden, whilst in the valley bottom a stream rushes downhill to meet the river near Lamellen Lodge.