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# Ego in Architecture
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2007/06/ego_in_architecture/
- Published: 2007-06-30T13:40:24.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-28T14:31:51.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: architecture, Cornwall, disputes, fowey, society

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[Fowey from Polruan](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/664803246/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), originally uploaded by [Adam Tinworth](http://www.flickr.com/people/adders/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

 You see that odd little piece of architecture on the building to the left of the church? 

It was built solely so that the house would be taller than he church, after a dispute between the owner and the vicar…

I’m sticking more photos from my Cornwall holiday up on [Coffee & Complexity](http://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), my new general interest blog.