The Gatehouse, Lanhydrock, Cornwall
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 (circa)
Materials
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890166.31
Summary
A photograph of the gatehouse at Lanhydrock taken from the western end of the avenue. The house is just visible through the gateway and either side of the gatehouse. Branches of bare trees frame the photograph with the drive and grass in foreground. 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.