Boskenna
Photograph c1887 upon completion of renovations and additions (particularly the dormers and the right gable); the building had already been restored in 1858. John Norden writes 'Boskenna the house of Walter Carthew, and standeth hard upon the south sea' [1596]. The left gable being the last additions made by the Carthew family in c1650, by William Carthew. It then (c1677) passed into the hands of the Paynter family (originally of Gwinear and Trelissick, the family was previously named Cambourne in c1550). Francis Paynter b c1650 was the first owner; it passed to Francis b c1680, to Francis b1716, to James b c1750, to Thomas b 1794, to John Paynter briefly, to Reginald Hearle Paynter b 1831, and to Camborne Haweiss Paynter b 1864.
In the 1950s the estate was broken up and sold.
