Road to Church, Treverby Vean, St Neot, Cornwall
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 (circa)
Materials
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890166.8
Summary
A photograph of a steep-sided wooded valley with road/path in foreground. Water wheel in centre of picture with wooden conduit on right. There is a bare area of loose rock in the centre of picture with a single-arch stone bridge. 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.