Trevenson Explained

Trevenson (Cornish: Trevensyn)^[1] is in the parish of Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Trevenson House

Trevenson House was built in 1797 for Thomas Kevill, a steward of the Tehidy estate and replaced an earlier house on the site. Trevenson House is a Grade II listed building. Further information regarding the history can be found here. ^[2] It is now part of iCT4 Limited^[3] being run as serviced offices and conferencing facilities for the community.

Trevenson Chapel

Tevenson Chapel was built in 1806–09 as a Church of England chapel-of-ease in the parish of Illogan. The chapel has a thin castellated west tower; the pointed windows are of granite with cast iron tracery. This tracery has been replaced with modern replicas.^{[4] [5]}

Education

The area is home to Cornwall College, an A level centre and Pool School. Trevenson used to be home to the Camborne School of Mines between 1970 and 2004. It has since moved to a new campus in Penryn called Tremough.

Cornish wrestling

Trevenson Park was the venue for Cornish wrestling tournaments for prizes^[6] including the Interceltic games in 1929.^[7]

References

1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
2. Web site: TREVENSON HOUSE, CAMBORNE POOL REDRUTH COLLEGE, Carn Brea - 1392498 Historic England. historicengland.org.uk. en. 2020-05-03.
3. Web site: Conferencing & meeting space in Camborne Pool Redruth. Trevenson House. en-GB. 2020-05-03.
4. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 143
5. http://saint-illogan.org.uk/trevenson-church-history/ St Illogan; Trevenson Church History
6. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 15 July 1937.
7. Western Morning News, 2 September 1929.

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