Tregwynt

From medieval times the estate was the property of the Harries family. James Harries, second son of John Harries of Tregwynt, married the daughter and heiress of Eynon Griffith of Trewissilt in 1640. He was the ancestor of the Heathfield branch of the family, headed in 1894 by George James Harries, resident at Priskilly. During the English Civil War (1642–51), a hoard of coins was buried in a redware pot in an outbuilding of the mansion. The hoard was worth £51 9s, which at that time would have been a month's wages for fifty soldiers. Possibly it was buried by a member of the Harries family in 1648 who was involved in the local conflicts of the Second Civil War. The owner of the Tregwynt…

The present Grade II*-listed manor house and outbuildings date from the 18th century. The building is a plain two-story house with an L-plan, faced with yellow ochre roughcast. The roofs are slate. There is a single-story farm wing attached to the west end. The six-window east entrance front with narrow sashes dates to the earlier part of the 18th century. The rear range, where an earlier stair-tower had stood, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The owners decided to add a ballroom to the house in 1792. The large, plain hipped ballroom has five long windows above a low basement. In the interior, the front range has low rooms with an oak roof. The rear has a pine roof.…