Boskenna

Boskenna is an early medieval settlement and large 17th-century mansion house with associated farms in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is within the civil parish of St Buryan (where the 2011 Census popuation was included) and is first recorded as Boschene in the 13th or 14th centuries. The house was enlarged and altered in the 19th century. 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.

Boskenna was the home of the Paynter family for centuries until sold in 1957, at which time it consisted of seven farms, five market gardens and a manor house. English author Mary Wesley lived at Boskenna for a period of time and later used it as a backdrop in her novels The Camomile Lawn, Not That Sort of Girl, A Dubious Legacy and Part of the Furniture. The oldest part of Boskenna House dates from 1678 and now forms its northwest wing. The house was rebuilt 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.

Boskenna cross is a Cornish cross which stands where three roads meet southeast 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.