Boskenna is an early medieval settlement and large 17th-century manor house (formerly with associated farms and cottages) in the

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St Buryan St Buryan () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1412. The village of St Buryan is situated approximately west of ...

, west

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, England, United Kingdom. Nearby, to the south, is the valley and cove of St Loy and the site of St Loy's chapel which was on the Boskenna side of a stream.

History

It is first recorded as ''Boschene'' in the 13th or 14th century, and the house was enlarged and altered in the 19th century. Boskenna was the home of the Paynter family for centuries and the oldest part of the Boskenna house dates from 1678 and now forms its northwest wing. The prominent Jacobite

James Paynter James Paynter (1666 – date of death unknown) was the leader of a Jacobite uprising in Cornwall in the 18th century. In 1715 he took an active part in proclaiming James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) on the death of Queen Anne, for t ...

was from a junior branch of the Paynters of Hayle that settled at Trekenning House in St Columb Major parish. His Paynter relatives at Boskenna were also known to be Jacobite sympathisers and in 1745 villagers at St Buryan were convinced that the Paynter family were harbouring

Charles Edward Stuart Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, ...

(the Young Pretender). In 1881 the estate was ″about 1300 acres of land, pretty much in a ring-fence″. The house was added to extensively in 1888 incorporating some replications of 17th-century features and some original 17th-century ones (though not all in situ) in the exterior. Inside the 17th-century parlour with its fine ribbed plaster ceiling and the 17th-century open-well stair have been retained. The estate was sold in 1957, at which time it consisted of seven farms, five market gardens and a manor house. English author

Mary Wesley Mary Aline Siepmann CBE (24 June 191230 December 2002), known by the pen name Mary Wesley, was an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including ten ...

stayed at Boskenna with the Paynter family for a period of time and later used it as a backdrop in her novels ''

The Camomile Lawn ''The Camomile Lawn'' is a 1984 novel by Mary Wesley beginning with a family holiday in Cornwall in the last summer of peace before the Second World War. When the family is reunited for a funeral nearly fifty years later, it brings home to the ...

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Not That Sort of Girl ''Not That Sort of Girl'' (1987) is a novel by British author Mary Wesley. The novel is set in Southern England and takes its beginning in the late 1930s and follows the life of Rose Peel throughout 48 years of marriage. Plot summary At the age ...

'', ''

A Dubious Legacy ''A Dubious Legacy'' (1992) is a novel written by the British author Mary Wesley. The story takes place in the West Country, England, from 1944 to 1990. It concerns the tragic and bizarre marriage of the Tillotsons and their relationship with t ...

'' and ''

Part of the Furniture ''Part of the Furniture'' (1997) is a novel by British author Mary Wesley. The novel was Wesley's last one, published when the author was eighty-five years old. Plot summary Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe is in love with Jonty and Francis and ...

''. Boskenna Cross is a Cornish cross which stands where three roads meet south-east of St Buryan churchtown. It was found buried in a hedge at this road junction in 1869. Only the carved upper part of the cross is ancient.Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 126-28

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External links

Wedding Detectives; episode 1
BBC Radio 4 (relates to Boskenna in the 20th century) {{Portal bar, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Architecture, border=no Country houses in Cornwall Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall Penwith Grade II* listed houses

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