Mount Edgcumbe Cornwall home of Lord Mount Edgcumbe c Built in the mid th century the house was severely damaged by German bombing in World War II A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland edited by Reverend FO Morris Volume II William Mackenzie London c Woodengraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon