Trelissick Manor is a listed manor house in the parish of
St Erth
St Erth ( kw, Lannudhno) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England.
St Erth takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of t ...
,
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England, UK. It was the seat of the armigerous family of Cambron alias Paynter, who were also seated at Antron in
Sithney
Sithney ( kw, Merthersydhni) is a village and civil parish in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.
It is named after Saint Sithne ...
and Deverell in
Gwinear.
History and description
It was the birthplace of the academic
William Paynter, who was
Vice-Chancellor
A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.
In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...
of
Oxford University
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in 1698 and 1699. A relative of William was
James Paynter
James Paynter (1666 - ?) was the leader of a Jacobite uprising in Cornwall in the 18th century.
In 1715 he took an active part in proclaiming James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) on the death of Queen Anne, for this he was tried for Hi ...
, who in 1715 took an active part in proclaiming
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs, was the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He was Prince of Wales fro ...
(the Old Pretender) on the death of
Queen Anne. James was given the title
Marquess of Trelissick (also called the Marquisate of Trelessick) on 20 June 1715.
The medieval house was remodelled for James Paynter in 1688 and again in the 18th century. It was extended in the 19th century. The house has an L-shaped plan and part of the front range is taller. The associated farm buildings date from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
[Beacham, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). ''Cornwall''. (Pevsner Architectural Guides.) New Haven and London: Yale University Press ; p. 538]
See also
*
Marquess of Trelissick
References
Manors in Cornwall
Country houses in Cornwall
Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall
National Heritage List for England
Buildings and structures in Cornwall
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