Menabilly

50°19′47″N 4°40′14″W / 50.3297°N 4.6706°W / 50.3297; -4.6706

Menabilly
LocationFowey, Cornwall, England
Coordinates50°19′47″N 4°40′14″W / 50.3297°N 4.6706°W / 50.3297; -4.6706
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameMenabilly House
Designated13 March 1951
Reference no.1210574
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameWest Lodge, north west of Menabilly House
Designated11 March 1974
Reference no.1210508
Official nameMenabilly
Designated11 June 1987
Reference no.1000651
Menabilly is located in Cornwall
Menabilly
Location of Menabilly in Cornwall
"Menabilly the seat of ...Rashleigh, Esq., Cornwall". Antique print

Menabilly (Cornish: Men Ebeli, meaning stone of colts) is a historic estate on the south coast of Cornwall, England, situated within the parish of Tywardreath[1] on the Gribben peninsula about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Fowey.[2]

It has been the seat of the Rashleigh family from the 16th century to the present day. The mansion house, which received a Grade II* listing on 13 March 1951,[3][4] is early Georgian in style, having been re-built on the site of an earlier Elizabethan house, parts of which were possibly incorporated into the present structure. The house is surrounded by woodland and nearby is the farmhouse Menabilly Barton.[5] In the Return of Owners of Land, 1873 Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Par, was listed as the largest landowner in Cornwall with an estate of 30,156 acres (122.0 km2) or almost 4% of the total area of Cornwall.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference dunkin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference listed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Historic England. "Menabilly House (Grade II*) (1210574)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ Menabilly Barton situated at grid reference SX 100 511
  6. ^ Who Owns Britain - by Kevin Cahill