Tredethy

Wood at Tredethy

Tredethy is a house and estate in the civil parish of St Mabyn, Cornwall, UK, at Grid reference SX 06 71. It is one of a number of small manor houses in the parish all built in the 16th and 17th centuries. The house was extensively restored in 1892 by the prominent Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail^[1]

This was the seat of the Rev. Charles Peters (1690–1774), a Hebrew scholar.^[2]

Later it became the home of Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand who married Elizabeth Hunter, an English woman in 1938. Their daughter, Mom Rajawongse Narisa Chakrabhongse, was born in 1956.^{[3] [4]} They lived at Tredethy in the 1940s and 1950s.^[5] At Bodmin there is an ornate granite drinking bowl which serves the needs of thirsty dogs at the entrance to Bodmin’s Priory car park which was donated by Prince Chula.^[6]

Tredethy is now a country house hotel.

References

1. "Tredethy Country House Hotel - St Mabyn - Cornwall - England | British Listed Buildings". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
2. English Heritage (2013). "Tredethy Country House Hotel - St Mabyn - Cornwall - England | British Listed Buildings". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
3. Soravij. "Chakrabongse". Retrieved 24 May 2009.
4. HRH Prince Chula CHAKRABONGSE
5. "New Zealand Cornish Association newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved 24 May 2009.
6. "New Zealand Cornish Association newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-24.

Coordinates: 50°30′50″N 4°44′06″W / 50.514°N 4.735°W