Porth, Cornwall
| Porth | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Porth Beach | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW832625 |
| Location: | 50°25’22"N, 5°3’23"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | TR7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
Porth is a sea-side village and cove in the civil parish of St Columb Minor near Newquay in northern Cornwall. It was formerly a small ship-building port, importing coal from Glamorgan.[1]
The village is to the east of a long, sandy inlet with Trevelgue Head, on which are found the remains of an Iron Age promontory fort, on the northern side.
Glendorgal
On the southern side is the Glendorgal Hotel, built in 1850 as a gentleman's residence.[2] In 1878 it was the residence of Arthur Pendarves Vivian, the Member of Parliament for West Cornwall, who carried out extensive alterations in that year.[3][4] In 1882 it was bought by Sir Richard Trevithick Tangye, a Cornishman born in Illogan who became a mechanical engineer, and along with his brothers started an engineering firm in Birmingham. The house became the residence of the Tangye Baronetcy created on 10 July 1912 for the industrialist Harold Tangye, the son of Sir Richard. Three generations of the Tangye family lived in Glendorgal including Sir Richard's grandson Derek Tangye; the author of the Minack Chronicles, nineteen novels based on a small-holding near Lamorna Cove on the Penwith peninsula in the far west of the county.[2][5] In 1950 the house was opened as a hotel by Nigel Tangye, brother of Derek.[2]
Porth Veor Manor
Located overlooking the beach, Porth Veor Manor Hotel was owned and run in the 1920's by author Charlotte Mary Matheson and her husband Stanley Threlkeld. A prominent woman farmer, Charlotte wrote several novels including The Generation Between, still available in print.
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References
- ↑ "St Columb Minor Parish". Sharkfin Media Ltd. http://www.stcolumbminor.co.uk/. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Glendorgal". http://www.glendorgal.co.uk/glendorgal-history/. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ "Local News". The Cornishman (9): p. 6. 12 September 1878.
- ↑ "Mr A Pendarves-Vivian". The Cornishman (11). 26 September 1878.
- ↑ Trevelyan, Raleigh. "Obituary: Derek Tangye". Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-derek-tangye-1350963.html. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
