Cornish architect and later hotel entrepreneur whose work also included schools and public buildings; designer is not automatically financier.
Silvanus Trevail (1851–1903) was a Cornish architect from Luxulyan. His work ranged from schools and public amenities to substantial hotels. He designed Newquay’s Great Western while still in his mid-twenties and later became involved in larger hotel ventures.
His name identifies an architect and, in some projects, an entrepreneur. It does not by itself identify who supplied the money for a particular building. The Great Western’s original financing remains a research question.
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