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Reptile House

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Reptile House is shown as a heritage attraction on the public map of Cornwall. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Reptile House is a historic building in Cornwall associated with the 19th-century naturalist and collector Thomas Vernon, who displayed exotic animals and curiosities there. It is important as one of the earliest examples of a public menagerie in the UK and reflects the Victorian fascination with natural history.

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