PHOTOGRAPHS CHRISTOPHER DRAKE
JANET GLEESON visits Port Eliot in
Cornwall Britainâs oldest inhabited
building where irreverent surprises
mingle with unexpected opulence
Port Eliot sits in a sheltered Cornish valley
in a parkland setting designed by Humphry
Repton. Parts of the house date back
to medieval times when the house was a
monastery in a flourishing port but most
of what is visible today dates from
the 18th and 19th centuriesH&A LIFESTYLE: Open house
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