Tregarden, English country house in St Mabyn, Cornwall, England.
Tregarden is a country house built with an E-shaped Elizabethan plan. The two-storey structure is made of rubble stone and topped with a regular slate roof and granite-capped chimney stacks.
The entrance archway dates from 1631 and marks the marriage of William Godolphin to a Barrett family heiress. The house also appeared in tax records from 1664.
The interior displays features from different periods, including a carved fireplace in the main hall and wall plasterwork showing coats of arms of local families. These details tell the story of the people who lived here and their connections to the region.
The building is protected as a Grade II* listed structure, so visits need to be arranged beforehand. Information about tours and access is available through the Historic England website.
The house contains seventeenth-century toilet rooms with single small windows carved from timber. These functional spaces are remarkably well preserved today.
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