The History of Treloan Farm

The farm was built before 1715 and was one of the farms held by the knight's service from the manor of Tregaire, by the Pomeroy family, Lords of Tregony Castle. The farm, with all the outbuildings as they are today, was present in this form since 1841, when it was taken over by Lord Falmouth's Tregothnan Estate.

When Victor, Luisa and Patricia moved in at the beginning of 1998, it was as if time had stood still. Treloan Farmhouse had no electricity, running water, drains or telephone. No chemicals or fertilisers have ever been used on the land. We are busy putting the clock back to the 1930s.

The farm was managed using horsepower as well as a collection of horse drawn farm machinery and 1940's tractors. A horse engine is still to be found in situ in the lower farmyard and stabling for five cart horses is still preserved and in use. This engine was powered by the horses to grind corn and cut chaff for animal feed as well as milling wheat to supply the farmhouse with flour for baking bread in the existing 6ft bread oven.

The Austin family pitch 1936

1934 - Arthur's father with campers from the above picture, collecting produce from the dairy (today's office with the same door remaining).

1936 – Arthur's early 30's Fordson tractor harvesting on the Treloan coast, overlooking the Pendower Coast (this old machinery is still on the farm today).