page_title: Antony House
section_title: Collections and furnishings
hierarchical_section_title: Antony House / Collections and furnishings
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (1578-1640)
context_page_description: Antony House is the name of an early 18th-century house, which today is in the ownership of the National Trust. It is located between the town of Torpoint and the village of Antony in the county of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building.
  The house is faced in silvery-grey Pentewan stone, flanked by colonnaded wings of mellow brick and overlooks the River Lynher. It was built for Sir William Carew, 5th Baronet between 1718 and 1724, and ever since has continued as the primary residence of the Carew family, who have owned the estate since the mid-16th century. Sir John Carew Pole gave the house and formal gardens into the care of the National Trust in 1961, on the understanding that the family could continue to reside there. Currently Tremayne Carew Pole, lives there with his family.
  The house and gardens are open to viewing by the public between March and October.
context_section_description: Antony House hosts a splendid collection of portraits, including a portrait of Charles I of England at his trial, (Charles I granted a baronetcy to the Poles in 1628). The collection contains some of Sir Joshua Reynolds' works, and a portrait of Rachel Carew, believed to have inspired Daphne du Maurier's novel My Cousin Rachel.
  Rooms are heavily panelled in Dutch Oak and contain fine collections of 18th-century furnishings and textiles.
caption: One of the portraits held at Antony House: Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
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