Treguddick Manor
50°36′49″N 4°26′03″W / 50.61356°N 4.4341°W Treguddick Manor is a Grade II* manor house and 18-acre (7.3 ha) estate in the parish of South Petherwin, Cornwall, England, to the southwest of Launceston. It is situated just off the A30 road between Polyphant and Kennard's House, near the River Inny.
English Spirit's gin distillery is based at Treguddick Manor and a large visitors centre for the distillery is expected to open in 2020.
History
The current house was built in 1576 by Nicholas Treguddick,[1] and was later run by the Congdon family of tenant farmers. Following a fire, the house underwent restoration in 1878.[2] The manor served as a workhouse and refuge for the destitute.[3]
Architecture
The house was built in 1576 in the Elizabethan style and is set in 18 acres.[2] It is built from stone, with features in granite, and a roof made of slate.[4]
The manor contains eight bedrooms, a hall, drawing room, kitchen and a reception room and has offices, a dairy, and salting, boot and tack rooms in the outer buildings. The main house interior contains flagstone floors, old Victorian fireplaces and the remains of a servant's staircase. In the dining hall is a royal crest dated to 1593 when Elizabeth I held royal court here.[1] The courtyard contains two stone barns. The manor owners renovated one of the barns and converted it into an information centre with a café in 2018.[1]
The main manor was designated as a grade II* listed building on 1 December 1951[4]
Distillery
The firm English Spirit received planning permission to turn an old agricultural building at Treguddick into a gin distillery and attached visitors centre.[5] The company had previously been based in Essex[6] before relocating to Treguddick in Spring 2018.[7] Work on the site is due to be completed in May 2020.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "The future home of English Spirit". Englishspirit.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Romantic ramshackle manor house in Cornwall". Country Life. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Treguddick Manor servant returns after 75 years". BBC. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b "TREGUDDICK". Historic England. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Whitehouse, Richard (29 March 2019). "Plans for new gin distillery in Cornwall". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Carruthers, Nicola (17 April 2019). "UK-based distillery English Spirit has received p". Spirits Business. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "And the award for..." The Source Trade Show. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Lawrence, James (24 January 2020). "Treguddick Update #1: shell off, game on". English Spirit. Retrieved 19 March 2020.