Our work
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.
A visual record of Victorian life at Lanhydrock
The Agar-Robartes family, who left us these amazing photographs
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When the Gerald Agar-Robartes gave Lanhydrock to us, he also donated his family's fabulous collection of over 5,000 photographs which beautifully bring Victorian England to life. We're trying to preserve these photographs for the future with a new conservation project which will begin over the winter closed season.
A picture-perfect partnership
Lanhydrock House and Cornwall's Regimental Museum are starting a joint project to digitally record our collections. At Lanhydrock we're conserving our photography collection by...
Restoring Tommy's Cross
Tommy Agar-Robartes, the Victorian family's eldest son, was killed fighting in the First World War.
His commemorative cross has been undergoing conservation recently. Visit the church to see what's been done.
The conservation team at work
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Shelley brings out the shine
Conservation assistant Shelley makes sure the door handles gleam ready for your visit
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Controlling light levels
House steward Anne Marie adjusts the blinds to control the amount of light in the rooms
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Book brushing
Faye takes dusting the book collection with a pony-hair brush seriously