There was also 12 acres (4.9 ha) of lawns, shrubberies, pleasure, kitchen and allotment gardens, and five cottages.

[4] Bidding for the property ended at £5,700, which failed to meet the reserve price of £6,500 and it was later sold to Mr Pascoe of Essex (formerly of Helston) for £6,200.

[7][8] In 1983, because of a decline in vocations, Alverton House was sold and the twelve remaining nuns moved to Copeland Court in Kenwyn.

[11] In 2001, the last two remaining nuns moved out of Copeland Court and the Community of the Epiphany legally ceased to exist.

[12] In 2008, Sr Elizabeth CE attracted some attention in the local and national press as the last surviving member of the order; she was then 92 and living in a nursing home in Devon, but still engaged in charitable work.