History

Tregoning (Tregonan)

The barton of "Tregonan" was the chief tenement on the monastic manor of Lankeverne (Church Town),with a small cell of Cistercian monks from the Abbey of Beaulieu in Hampshire. In a list of their possessions made at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, "Tregonan (firma. molend) is given a rental value of £1-2-6. Tregoning was then probably a large farm with a mill, and perhaps a chapel and burying ground attached.

Tregoning Mill

By 1840, the ruins of the monastic dwellings had almost disappeared but the mill tenement which remained consisted of Dwelling House, field, two water-mills, and garden, while water was supplied via a leat and three ponds from the Porthoustock stream below the Priory.

The small upper mill building still stands, constructed of stone and cob with a slated roof hipped at one end, and gabled at the other where the 14 foot diameter wooden overshot wheel was formerly positioned. The last farmer to grind corn there about 1916 was named Pearce.

When we arrived the mill building was derelict with no sign of any machinery. We have restored the building and it is now used as a library.

Tregoning 'Manor'

The remains of the monastic buildings can still be seen at Tregoning (renamed Tregoning Manor in the 1980s) which is a private house with Holiday lets available. Click here for details.