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‘Although the building hadn’t been used for anything other than storage for decades, we realised its potential as an interesting home’

he Flower Loft that forms part of the stable block adjoining Trereife, an 18th-century country house near Penzance, has been home for designer and decorative artist Lyn Le Grice for the past 25 years. Lyn and her late husband, artist Jeremy Le Grice, first met in Cornwall and the county was the backdrop for many happy and creative years together. “We did settle in the Cotswolds for several years but having grown up in Cornwall, Jeremy was always happiest living near the sea which was the

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