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Lofty Proportions

The Flower Loft that adjoins Trereife, an 18th-century country house near Penzance, has been home to designer and decorative artist Lyn Le Grice for the past 25 years. Lyn and her late husband, Jeremy, 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 focus of much of his work, so back

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