Today I visited Tremough Campus, Penryn. Penryn is one of Cornwall’s oldest towns founded in 1216, it is situated at the head of Penryn River and was quite a significant port in the 15th Century. Penryn's main industry however was producing granite as it was very common in the town.
Tremough itself was once run by Nuns and a part of their convent is still clearly visible today. The gardens surrounding Tremough stately home are also very impressive and are home to some plants which are very rarely found in England.
The house itself would have been very imposing in its day and still is today. There are some beautiful covings on the ceilings. There also Granite Pillars in the house which are quite spectacular and gives the house quite a regal feel.
Tremough is now owned by Falmouth University and obviously there has been extensive building work changing the look of Tremough. The first building which you see as you arrive at the Campus is made of blocks of Granite a throw back to the Towns old industry. This building, like Tremough House, is facing the town and has quite a dominant stance over the town.
There are many contrasts between the old Tremough House and the new building one is the pillars. As previously mentioned the pillars in the house are a nice feature of the house. The new building has pillars making the building look almost epic, similar to that of the Greek coliseums.
The new university buildings are also quite contradictive, with parts having a wooden finish part being Granite, and the shaping of the buildings are also contradictive with some being spherical others being square. A roof garden was also planned on the university and the stairways and pathways are in place, however the room garden is unable to open due to health and safety figures.
At first glance Tremough Campus looks extremely post modern with some quite unusual architecture. However after taking a closer look it is evident that the designers of the buildings took into account the towns heritage and left certain part of the site's history reasonably untouched.
Tremough itself was once run by Nuns and a part of their convent is still clearly visible today. The gardens surrounding Tremough stately home are also very impressive and are home to some plants which are very rarely found in England.
The house itself would have been very imposing in its day and still is today. There are some beautiful covings on the ceilings. There also Granite Pillars in the house which are quite spectacular and gives the house quite a regal feel.
Tremough is now owned by Falmouth University and obviously there has been extensive building work changing the look of Tremough. The first building which you see as you arrive at the Campus is made of blocks of Granite a throw back to the Towns old industry. This building, like Tremough House, is facing the town and has quite a dominant stance over the town.
There are many contrasts between the old Tremough House and the new building one is the pillars. As previously mentioned the pillars in the house are a nice feature of the house. The new building has pillars making the building look almost epic, similar to that of the Greek coliseums.
The new university buildings are also quite contradictive, with parts having a wooden finish part being Granite, and the shaping of the buildings are also contradictive with some being spherical others being square. A roof garden was also planned on the university and the stairways and pathways are in place, however the room garden is unable to open due to health and safety figures.
At first glance Tremough Campus looks extremely post modern with some quite unusual architecture. However after taking a closer look it is evident that the designers of the buildings took into account the towns heritage and left certain part of the site's history reasonably untouched.
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