Antony House

South Cornwall


Owned by the National Trust and occupied by the Carew-Pole family, this house's main claim to fame is its decorative gardens, designed by the 18th-century landscape architect Humphry Repton and filled with outlandish topiary, some of which featured in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. It's 9 miles east of Looe or 6 miles west of Plymouth.


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