The Latter Years
After World War II, Ralph began to work with his son Bramley. Together they constructed the Gardens of Peace at Temple Newsam, Leeds, England as well as many other projects. Nineteen forty-seven saw the Chelsea Flower Show restart. Hancock returned with a rock garden and a formal garden, he also had an exhibit in the garden designers section.
It was at one of these post-war Chelsea shows that Sir David Evans Bevans commissioned Ralph and Bramley to build the gardens at Twyn-yr-Hydd.
Ralph had also purchased a little cottage at Chailey Green, near Lewes, Sussex. He had planned to restore the cottage and had drawn-up plans to do so. Ralph died before work started and it was left to Bramley to complete the restoration.
The gardens at Twyn-yr-Hydd are probably the last gardens that Ralph designed and completed before his death. Ralph died in 1950.
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