Tregenna Castle
Tregenna Castle | |
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Etymology | Named Treghenou in 1301, from Cornish tre, farm or settlement, + a Celtic personal name Kenow, meaning pup or cub[1] |
General information | |
Type | Hotel |
Town or city | St Ives, Cornwall |
Country | United Kingdom |
Groundbreaking | 1774 |
Client | John Stephens |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | probably John Wood, the Younger |
Designations | Grade II listed |
Tregenna Castle, (Cornish: Kastel Tregenow, meaning "Kenow’s settlement")[1] in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by John Stephens in the 18th century and is named after the hill on which it stands. The estate was sold in 1871 and became a hotel, a purpose for which it is still used today.
The castle is a Grade II
History
Tregenna Castle was commissioned in 1774 by John Stephens.
Railway hotel
The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened its St Ives branch line on 1 June 1877[6] and it leased the Tregenna Castle as a hotel the following year,[4] opening it on 5 August 1878. Early railway hotels had only been situated near large terminals or junctions, but this one was the first intended by the GWR as a holiday destination in its own right.[7]
Sir Daniel Gooch, the chairman of the GWR, stayed at the hotel a few weeks after it opened to the public. He recorded in his diary that
- "the situation of this house is very fine; it is a castle within its own grounds of about 70 acres (28 ha), a great part of which are gardens and woods with pretty shaded walks ... The house feels more like a private house than a hotel; the views from it are very fine, looking over the town and bay of St Ives and along the coast as far as Trevose Head."[8]
- "the situation of this house is very fine; it is a castle within its own grounds of about 70 acres (28 ha), a great part of which are gardens and woods with pretty shaded walks ... The house feels more like a private house than a hotel; the views from it are very fine, looking over the town and bay of St Ives and along the coast as far as
The GWR purchased the hotel outright in 1895.[7]
One of the
The Great Western Railway named two of its express locomotives after the hotel:[10]
- Duke Class number 3280 carried the name "Tregenna" from 1897 to 1930.
- Castle Class number 5006 was given the name "Tregenna Castle" in 1927.
Subsequently
The GWR was
The castle hosted President Joe Biden and his entourage during the G7 meeting of advanced economies at the Carbis Bay Hotel in June 2021.[12]
References in popular culture
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References
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- ^ Treganna Castle Estate website (accessed 2008-04-22)
- ^ a b c Harris, Janet (April–May 2020). "St Ives Archive: The grand hotel on the hill". St Ives Local. No. 30. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Parsons, Rick (2003). "The Tregenna Castle Estate Sale Particulars". West Penwith Resources. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ Jenkins, Stanley C (1992). "The St Ives Branch". Great Western Railway Journal (Late Summer 1992). Wild Swan Publications Ltd: 2–34.
- ^ a b MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway.
- ^ Diary of Sir Daniel Gooch, quoted in Jenkins (1992)
- ISBN 0-86093-050-5.
- ISBN 0-7509-2284-2.
- ^ "Tregenna Castle Estate". Cvent. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Joe Biden arrives in UK ahead of G7 summit in Cornwall - his first official overseas trip as US president". Sky News. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Robin (2004). "Anthony Phillips: Chief Librarian". Record Collector. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ Private Parts & Pieces (Media notes). Anthony Phillips. Passport Records. 1978. PVC 7905.
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