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A Home with a History: inside Simon Costin’s Cornish longhouse, where ghosts, dreams and folklore collide

Simon Costin is the founder of the Museum of British Folklore and a set designer known for his daring, theatrical work in fashion. He and his partner moved to Dockacre, an Elizabethan longhouse in Launceston, Cornwall, after Simon had a remarkable dream in which he pictured the house as it had been some 50 years before. He takes us through the journey to his home – via ancient festivals, a partnership with Alexander McQueen, a Bloomsbury squat and a set of friendly ghosts …

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Words: Sophie Sims
Photography: Marco Kesseler

A Home with a History: inside Simon Costin’s Cornish longhouse, where ghosts, dreams and folklore collide

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