The Trewarthenick Estate is a Grade2 listed manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 and estate located in the hamlet of Trewarthenick

Trewarthenick

Trewarthenick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Tregony in Cornwall.William Gregor, the discoverer of titanium, was born on the Trewarthenick Estate.-Map sources:Map resources for Trewarthnick at...

, Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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The Gregor family had owned land in Trewarthenick from 1640, and in circa 1686 commissioned a country house. With grounds remodelled by Humphry Repton

Humphry Repton

Humphry Repton was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century...

 in circa 1792, it was then extended with flanking wings by Henry Harrison of London in 1831. William Gregor

William Gregor

William Gregor was the British clergyman and mineralogist who discovered the elemental metal titanium.-Early years:...

 who discovered Manaccanite in 1790, and the MP Francis Gregor

Francis Gregor (MP)

Francis Gregor was MP for the County of Cornwall from 1790 to 1806.-Life:He was born on 1 June 1760 in Trewarthenick, Cornwall, the son of Francis Gregor and Mary Copley. His brother was Rev. William Gregor, the noted mineralogist He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and St Johns College,...

 were both born and raised in the property. After post-World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 renovation, the flanking wings were removed in 1950.

In 2008, the property was bought for £9 million by businessman Marcus Evans

Marcus Evans

Marcus Paul Bruce Evans is an English businessman who is also the Owner and Chairman of Ipswich Town Football Club. He has links with Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. He founded his company marcus evans in 1983. The group organises live business, sports and entertainment events around the world...

, then consisting of an estate covering some 1737 acres, with a 2.5 miles frontage on the River Fal

River Fal

The River Fal flows through Cornwall, United Kingdom, rising on the Goss Moor and reaching the English Channel at Falmouth. On or near the banks of the Fal are the castles of Pendennis and St Mawes as well as Trelissick Garden. The River Fal separates the Roseland peninsula from the rest of...

. He has since invested additional funds in the house and estates restoration.