The Smelting house for tin, about a mile from Truro, on the Falmouth road, is well deserving of notice, as it contains no less than 10 furnaces. Culm coal is used as the flax in the proportion of about one-eighth to the ore, of which nearly 600 cwt. is smelted within six hours, and yields about 350 cwt. of tin.[[14]]
About seven miles from Truro, is Carclew, the seat of Sir William Lemon, Bart., M.P. and one of the most beautiful mansions in the county. It is situated on an eminence in an extensive and rich wooded park, rising from the valley through which the celebrated Carnon Stream Works are conducted, and commands a number of delightful prospects. The house is an elegant building of the Ionic order, composed of granite. The portico in the centre, is connected with the wings, by colonnades. The interior is not so spacious as many other residences in this county, but contains some very handsome apartments, and the following paintings:
Portrait of Pontius Pilate, by Rembrant.
Two Boys at Dinner, and a View in India, by Murillo.
Angels singing, by Amioni.
Landscape, with Water falling over a Rocky Precipice, by Wheatly.
A View in Italy, by Stalbent.
Landscape and Castle, by Pynaker.
Portrait of William Lemon, Esq. grand-father to the present Baronet.
Portrait of Sir William and his Lady, by Romney.