What is Lanhydrock?
[[File:Lanhydrock 04.jpg|thumb|Lanhydrock House]] '''Lanhydrock''' is a parish centred on a country estate and mansion in [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]]. The parish lies south of the town of [[Bodmin]]<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|9780319229385}}</ref> and is bounded to the north by Bodmin parish, to the south by [[Lanlivery]] parish and to the west by [[Lanivet]] parish. The population was 171 in the 2001 census.<ref name=GENUKI>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Lanhydrock/ GENUKI website]; Lanhydrock; retrieved May 2010</ref> The parish is in the [[Diocese of Truro]]. The parish church is dedicated to St Hydrock and stands in the grounds of Lanhydrock House. Parts date back to the late 15th century and the church has a chancel, nave, north and south aisles and three-stage battlemented tower with one bell.<ref name=GENUKI /> ==Lanhydrock House== The great house stands in extensive grounds above the [[River Fowey]] and is has been owned and managed by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] since 1953.<ref>[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lanhydrock.htm National Trust website: Lanhydrock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430133718/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lanhydrock.htm |date=2010-04-30 }}; retrieved May 2010</ref> Much of the present house dates back to Victorian times but some sections date from the 1620s. It is a Grade I listed building<ref>{{IoE|67548}}</ref> and is set in gardens with formal areas. The hill behind the house is planted with a fine selection of shrubs and trees. In 1620 the rich merchant Sir Richard Robartes acquired the estate and began building Lanhydrock House, designed to a four-sided layout around a central courtyard. Robartes died in 1624 but work on the building was continued by his son John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor. During the 18th century the east wing of the house was demolished leavi