Tresillian House, St Newlyn East

Tresillian House is a country house near St Newlyn East, off the A3058 road, Cornwall, England. It was registered as a Grade II listed building on 30 May 1967. It is most associated with the Bennet family historically; John Bennet, Curate of Antony was once owner of the house and in 1837 it was occupied by Richard Gully Bennet, who was a Magistrate of Cumberland. Tresillian means "a place of eels" in Cornish.ArchitectureThe house is dated to the late 18th-century but was extended in the mid 19th-century for the Gully-Bennett family. It is a two storey house, made of gritstone and granite flush quoins, with a dalabole slate roof and twelve paned windows with Georgian glazed panels, five of them at the front. The central entrance hall on the north-east front leads to a large oak staircase and the library (refurbished in late 19th -early 20th century) and main drawing room are located on the south-east side. The drawing room has a central floral rose and a Carrara marble chimneypiece. It was recently restored by Robert Rowett Architectural Services.DescentGully Samuel I Gully of Leigh, Devon, purchased Tresillian in 1699. Enodor Gully (d.1748), whose will dated 1708 named his nephew Samuel Gully (d.pre–1748) (son of his late brother Ezekiel Gully) as his sole executor and residuary legatee. Samuel II Gully (heir), who left progeny one son Richard Gully (d.1791) and one daughter Phillippa Gully, wife of Reverend John Bennet (d.1785). Richard Gully (d.1791), son, who died without progeny.