Drying Room - 4 February 2018

The Alverton Hotel in Truro, formerly Alverton Manor, was home to the nuns of the Community of the Epiphany from 1876 to 1984.

The sympathetic conversion of the building allowed the preservation of some original features including this which I believe to have been a drying room presumably for the heavy garments worn by the nuns. The doors to seven long, narrow closets slide forward on rails to reveal hanging rails and pipework. This delightful feature is now in the communal lounge of The Courtyard annex of the hotel.

The date information above is based on a potted history in the hotel's own website but variations to the history, including the actual founding of the Community of the Epiphany, can be found elsewhere.

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