Greatwood Cottage, Mylor
Joseph Fox purchased the cottage 1798 from Edward
Yescomb
from the newspaper Sherborne Mercury
For MONDAY, August 13, 1798
MYLOR, CORNWALL
To be LETT, for a term of five years, from Michaelmas next, All that
capital Farm, situate in the parish of Mylor, in the county of Cornwall,
now in the possession of Edward Yescombe. Esq. called or known by the
name of GREAT WOOD, consisting of an excellent dwelling-house and garden
with barns, stables, granary, a large cyder pound-house, out-houses of
every description, and about 80 acres of fine arable and pasture land,
and five acres of orchard; which land is within a ring fence, and most
conveniently situated for manure and sea sand, as the sea flows round a
great part of the estate, which has an excellent quay thereon for
landing sand. It is situate on Falmouth Harbour; is distant from Truro
five miles, and from Falmouth and Penryn two miles, to each of which
places it has an easy communication by land and water.
The dwelling-house is fit for the immediate reception of a gentleman's
family, and the garden and orchards stocked with the choicest fruit,
both for the table and press; and for the beauty and salubrity of its
situation this estate is inferior to few in the county.
For letting the same, a survey will be held at the house of Mr. William
Pellow, innkeeper, in the borough of Penryn, on Thursday the 6th day of
September next, at four o'clock in the afternoon.
For a view of the premises, and further particulars, apply to Captain
Yescombe, at Great Wood; or Mr. Tippet, attorney at law, Falmouth.
Dated August 8, 1798
[Repeated 20 August]
I assume this is the same as Wood Cottage, although it sounds like more
than just a cottage. The reason that Edward Yescombe got rid of the
house in 1798 (having probably only been tenant from 1795) was that he
was required to go back to sea in his Post-Office Packet, having
remained on shore while it was sailed by a substitute for some years
after escaping from prison in France. This meant that he had to move
back to Flushing, which had a view of the packet anchorage at Falmouth.
The Post Office Directory for 1856, describing Mylor, says:
On the north-east side of Mylor Creek is Great Wood Cottage, now the
much admired residence of Benjamin Sampson, Esq. Lord Clinton is lay
impropriator; his rent-charge, £405 per annum; the vicarage, £215 per
annum.
And there is some more about the gardens here .
(Thanks to
Edward Yescombe)
