Heligan estate

The Heligan estate (/hɛˈlɪɡən/; Cornish: Helygen, meaning willow tree) was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England.

The house and outbuilding were converted into flats in the 1970s and the garden was considered lost, but it was rescued during a televised project in 1996.

The house was substantially rebuilt in 1692 by Sir John Tremayne (1647–1694) in William and Mary style[1] and extended in 1810 and 1830.

Henry Hawkins Tremayne[6] the gardens include enormous rhododendrons and camellias as well as a series of lakes fed by ram pump.

They include Europe's only remaining pineapple pit, and two large sculptures known as the Mud Maid and Giant's Head.