Tregothnan
| Tregothnan | |
|---|---|
St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50°14′07″N 5°00′21″W / 50.23527°N 5.00571°W |
| Client | Hugh Boscawen (first build) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Wilkins Lewis Vulliamy |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated | 28 February 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1141069 |
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens | |
| Designated | 11 June 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1000655 |
Tregothnan is a country house and estate near the village of
, England, which has for many centuries been a possession of the Boscawens.Geography
Location
Tregothnan is located on a hill overlooking an inlet of the Truro River. It includes many varied grounds and wooded areas beyond the immediate environs of the house.
History
The house and estate is the historic seat of the Boscawen family, Viscounts Falmouth. Tregothnan was acquired in 1334 (or 1335) by John de Boscawen when he married the heiress, Joan de Tregothnan.[1] The medieval house then had a courtyard plan with a prominent gate-tower.[2] The original medieval house was ransacked in the 17th century during the English Civil War.
The new house was built after 1650. This building was visited and described by Celia Fiennes, a cousin of Hugh Boscawen, the builder. In the 18th century, the house was the home of Admiral Edward Boscawen. In 1818, the house was enlarged by William Wilkins for the fourth Viscount Falmouth and in 1845–48 Lewis Vulliamy rebuilt it for the second Earl of Falmouth.[3]
In 1872 the land holdings of Viscount Falmouth, of Mereworth Castle, Maidstone, Kent, were listed in the top ten land holdings in Cornwall, with an estate of 25,910 acres (10,490 ha), 3.41% of the total area of Cornwall.[4]
Tregothnan is still managed by the Boscawen family today.
Description
The house is mainly the work of William Wilkins (the rebuilding of 1816–18) and Lewis Vulliamy (the enlargement of 1845–48). Wilkins adopted an East Anglian Tudor Gothic style of great picturesqueness and the project retained parts of the medieval house; however Vulliamy's enlargement involved the removal of what remained of the medieval house.[5]
Gardens
Tregothnan is famous for its large private botanical garden and arboretum, which are not open to the public. Guided visits to the garden may be arranged.
A
wind exposure.Global media interest in the project to create the most British tea in history has helped develop the charity open weekend of the gardens into possibly the largest of its kind in the world.
There are custom-made bee hives among Leptospermum "Manuka bushes" producing Mānuka honey with measurable methylglyoxal content.[8]
References
- ^ Tregellas, Walter Hawken (1886). Boscawen, Family of. in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 05. Vol. 05.
- ^ Beacham, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Cornwall. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; pp. 638–40
- ^ "Heritage Gateway - Results". Heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Who owns Britain (and Ireland)". Who-owns-britain.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Beacham (2014), pp. 639–40
- ^ "How we grew and processed our Cornish Tea!". 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Our Tea Story - Tregothnan - Home Of English Grown Tea". Tregothnan.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- NZPA. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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