Kingston Lacy is a 17th century country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, now owned by the National Trust. I was sent spectrophotometric data on the colour of a wall in the house and asked...
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Brunswick Square, Hove
Over the years I have been assisting the Regency Town House with matters concerning paint and colour. On a personal level I have also lent the curatorial team a collection of family letters from 1824-1870, many of...
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Eltham Palace is a large house in Eltham, South East London. It is currently owned by English Heritage and open to the public. It has been said that the Art Deco house is a "masterpiece of modern design". The...
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Pollok House was built in 1752 and designed by William Adam. It was gifted to the City of Glasgow in 1966 by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose family had owned the estate for almost 700 years. I was...
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Threave House was designed in 1871 for Liverpool merchant, William Gordon. It was the creation of architect Charles G H Kinnear (1830-1894), who formed half of one of Scotland's most prominent architectural...
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It appears that there has been a house on the site since Saxon times. For some 400 years, from the mid sixteenth century, it was the home of the Smyth family. During their ownership many changes took place, and it...
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Built just outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, at the mouth of the River Orwell, Landguard Fort was originally designed in the sixteenth century to guard the entrance to Harwich. It has developed over the years, but the...
READ MORE »Valence House, Dagenham
Valence House is the only surviving example of the five manor houses of Dagenham. The house underwent a major refurbishment in 2008. I was asked to provide recommendations for paint type and colour for the...
READ MORE »Nathaniel Russell House, Charleston
I have carried out work in Charleston, South Carolina, on several occasions. On one visit I was asked for advice on paint analysis and colours in the Nathaniel Russell House. It belonged to Nathaniel...
READ MORE »Banqueting House: Wardour Old Castle
Old Wardour Castle was partially destroyed during the Civil War, in 1644. Until the New Castle was built in the 1770s, the Arundells moved into Wardour Old House, which is situated to the south of the ruin. The...
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