Lifton Park

The entrances to Lifton Park are marked by decorative Victorian Lodges, Home Park and South Lodge. The large Gothic mansion was built in 1805 for William Arundel and is now largely derelict apart from the eight bay west entrance wing. The arboretum was laid out at the time and much still remains. Rockeries and formal seating areas still exist within the woodland.

White (1850) noted '...a handsome seat....encompassed by about 300 acres of lawn and woods, stretching to the Tamar valley and commanding delightful views'. Stockdale wrote '...very delightfully situated and commands an interesting prospect of the town of Launceston with its ancient castle, indeed no expense seems to have been spared to render the surrounding plantations containing about 8000 acres'.

Lifton Park is now in separate ownership and is shown on the 1907 Ordnance Survey as having parkland with a fishpond south of the house, a rookery to the west, two pheasantries and Lifton Wood containing rides and walks to the north.

Type

Park

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Part: standing remains

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Lifton