Lanhydrock, Cornwall
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 (circa)
Materials
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890166.27
Summary
A photograph of the gatehouse at Lanhydrock taken from the Drawing Room with part of the house visible on the left. Behind the gatehouse there is an avenue of trees, either side is a low castellated wall and in front are lawns and paths with newly planted yew trees. Contained in a very large dark brown leather photograph album with gold tooling on front, back and on spine and 'Charles Lygon-Cocks / Hys / Photographs' in gold on front cover.
Provenance
Col. Charles Lygon Somers Cocks was related to the Agar-Robartes through the Carew Pole family. He commissioned George Gilbert Scott to design his house,Treverbyn Vean, St. Neot, and William Burges to design the interiors.