NT in devon and cornwall
 

Which NT places would you recommend in Devon and Cornwall. We will be travelling in June. As the are many on the list, any recommendations would be appreciated.

What is NT?

National Trust but cant help with recommendations, psrtly because I haven't visited that part of the world in a while and partly because I don't know the OP's interests.

If you are not a member of NT or the US affiliate (Royal Oak Foundation,perhaps) it was worth it when we belonged.

Lanhydrock house was very interesting. Probably my ineptitude but I could not find a list on their website without going through a slideshow. I know they manage and maintain a lot of the coastal walks, have only done a very small part, Looe to Polperro, which was gorgeous.

I don't think it's a National Trust property but the Lost Gardens of Heligan were excellent.

Cothele is interesting. You may want a torch though as there is no electricity!
There are a lot of properties as you say, so maybe you could give an idea of what you are interested in seeing? Houses? garden? Countryside? walks? Suitable for children?

Thanks for the answers. We are a couple travelling without children. I think we'll buy the NT tourist pass which, seeing the admission prices of some of the properties actually seems a very good deal and very worth it. We are interested both in houses and gardens.There are quite a lot of NT places in the area so wanted to know if you recommend any.

We've just returned from a holiday in Cornwall. Our two stand out days were The Eden Project and The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Neither of these are National Trust though, but both are terrific days out.
Lanydrock was our favourite NT visit. The 'below stairs' rooms are particularly interesting.

Castle Dogo, the last 'castle' to be built in England is currently undergoing a massive restoraition project, as it was suffering badly from water damage. From the web site "We're staying open during the conservation work, giving you the opportunity to go behind the scenes. Inside the castle has been redisplayed by three artists, you will see elements of the collection brought together in creative ways, and darkened spaces brought to life revealing new aspects of Drogo's remarkable story.
You’ll also be able to see the building work in progress from the viewing tower"
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/castle-drogo/

This will give you a very different take on what is involved in preserving properties like these.

It is a splendid setting on top of a ridge. The gardens are lovely and there are lots of footpaths to explore through steep sided valley if time allows.

ESW - We went to Castle Drogo last week and saw it undergoing restoration (I've previously seen it 'as normal').
They are really doing their best to keep the house open AND interesting but we were underwhelmed by the trendy arty installations in some of the rooms (as were many other visitors if their comments were anything to go by).
The staff at reception do warn visitors what to expect in the house - I think if they didn't they would be getting some very disgruntled customers!
You could put on a hard hat and high vis jacket if you wished, and go up the scaffolding, but we'd done the same at Croome the previous week and didn't bother.
Unless you have a strong interest in renovation then I think there might be other properties in Devon and Cornwall much higher on my hit list if I was a visitor.

"we were underwhelmed by the trendy arty installations in some of the rooms"
Oh dear, what a major turn off. Why does the NT seem to think these are essential to our enjoyment? We went to the newly opened Porth Y Swnt exhibition Centre in the LLyn peninsula at Easter. This had been hyped up to the nines as a wonderful new experince blah, blah blah. It was a major disappointment with nothing (or at least to us) to make the spirits soar and to 'celebrate' the glories of the peninsula. The NT seems afraid of seeming high brow and scared of trying to stretch and educate visitors...