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Tredethy is a house and estate in the civil parish of St Mabyn, Cornwall, UK, at Grid reference SX 06 71. It occupies seven acres and 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] There is a similar granite drinking bowl at Mitchem’s Corner in Cambridge, donated in 1934 in memory of Prince Chula’s dog called Tony.

In the 1960s Tredethy was converted to a hotel with 11 en-suite bedrooms. [7]

most recently,

This was the Home of the mombelli family, till the mombelli’s left the residence in 2020 and moved to SW cornwall, till 2020 it was used as a family home and as a country house hotel.

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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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand Cornish Association newsletter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Grade II listed Country House Hotel in Cornwall to market" . Retrieved 25 April 2021.

Coordinates: 50°30′50″N4°44′06″W / 50.514°N 4.735°W / 50.514; -4.735


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