Lanhydrock
Our work
Meet the team who keep Lanhydrock looking its best
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Smelling sweet
Smelling sweet
Award-winning house steward Anne Marie, who leads the conservation team, also creates the beautiful fresh floral decorations throughout the House. It's thanks to Anne Marie that Lanhydrock looks its best every day.
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Passing time
Passing time
Assistant house steward, Rob, keeps things ticking over nicely by specialising in the care of Lanhydrock's many clocks. He's also our 'Green champion', helping us find ways of saving energy across the whole estate.
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Fancy dress
Fancy dress
Faye is a conservation assistant who has a wealth of knowledge about all areas of conservation but especially loves textiles and looks after our costume collection. This is one of the trickiest parts of our collection to maintain because of the many bugs that like to eat the clothing.
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Talk to the animals
Talk to the animals
Sharon is another of our conservation assistants. She has just completed the Housekeeping Study Days which sets the standard for good conservation practice in theTrust. She says, ‘Keeping this house clean and presentable is a huge task and a labour of love’.
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Making friends
Making friends
Our conservation assistant Christine specifically cares for the drawing room and gallery end of the house. She helps care for wonderful 17th-century furniture and gorgeous family portraits, not forgetting the 3,000 books in the library.
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Mirror mirror
Mirror mirror
Lanhydrock's newest conservation assistant, Shelley, maintains Ladyship's suite of rooms and assists with the 'Bringing places to life' project. We are always striving to improve the visitor experience at Lanhydrock and Shelley is constantly reflecting on ways to achieve this.
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Many hands...
Many hands...
A number of seasonal conservation assistants join the team to keep the house clean and tidy for your visits when the house is open. Many love working here so much they return year on year.
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Caring for Lanhydrock
Conservation assistants turn up in the strangest places
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Lanhydrock House is kept in tip-top condition for you to enjoy by a team of housekeeping staff. From cleaning and polishing to light monitoring and bug-catching, they get in every nook and cranny of the house to protect and care for the collections.