2013

Tunbridge Wells

London Road, Tunbridge Wells (before) It is often a straightforward matter when it comes to providing general advice or steering clients towards appropriate paints and paint colours. Having dealt with many hundreds...

Hampton Court - Kings Staircase 1819 - WH Pyne

The King’s Staircase – Hampton Court Palace

The King's Staircase (Credit: Andy Marshall - Fotofacade) The balustrade to the King’s Staircase at Hampton Court Palace was designed and made by the Huguenot ironsmith Jean Tijou. Tijou seems to have arrived in...

Sep 23rd, 2013 | Patrick | Commercial premises | Portfolio | No Comments

1 & 2 New Burlington Street

Nos. 1 & 2 New Burlington Street In the late 1600s, the Earl of Burlington had acquired leasehold possession of Ten Acre Close, a piece of ground lying north and north-east of Burlington House. Richard Boyle, third...

Sep 21st, 2013 | Patrick | Patrick's Writing | Profiles | 2 Comments

Robert Bevan – first Englishman to use pure colour in the 20th Century

A Horse Sale at the Barbican. 1912 (Tate Britain) This is another curious essay that might go some way to explaining how I came to find myself working in the field of colour. As has been written, I joined my...

Sep 19th, 2013 | Patrick | Portfolio | Private Houses | 1 Comment

Ethelburga Estate, Battersea

Wartime Damage Caused by Bombing – London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945 The areas in Black show total destruction; Purple – damaged beyond repair; Dark Red – seriously damaged, doubtful if repairable...

Country House and Garden Tours – An Introduction

Houghton Hall 2013 For ten years I have had the privilege of being invited to join small groups of American students of the decorative arts and architecture on their visits to English and Irish country houses. These...

Sion Row, Twickenham

Sion Row The village of Twickenham is situated about ten miles west of London beside the River Thames. In the seventeenth century a number of substantial houses were built on both banks of the Thames in the area,...

Aug 23rd, 2013 | Patrick | Profiles | No Comments

An Interview with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London

An interview with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London on January 15th 2013 can be heard...

Aug 15th, 2013 | Patrick | Commercial premises | Portfolio | No Comments

The Ivy House

For many years The Ivy House was called The Newlands Tavern, fleetingly becoming The Stuart Arms in the 1980s and 1990s, before receiving its current name. The pub was in the hands of only two families for about...

Jul 10th, 2013 | Patrick | History | No Comments

The Painter-Stainers Company and the House-Painter

A saddle from the Yi ethnic minority province in Yunnan province, China. Saddle has a leather base with lacquer overlay. Saddle bow to left hand side The earliest surviving ordinances of the Painters' Company date...

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