In the mid-19th Century, London was spreading from the central areas to the north-west, and the Chalcot Estate, part of the endowment bestowed on Eton College by King Henry VI, was undergoing development. Local...
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St Saviour’s, Hampstead

Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
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...
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St Peter’s Church, Petersham
There seems to have been a church on this site since Saxon times as the 1086 Domesday Survey entry for Petersham suggests that the church there then had been restored. In 1266 a Norman church was built, of which...
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St Peter’s, Hammersmith
St Peter’s is a Commisioners' church that was built in the village of Hammersmith in 1829. The architect was Edward Lapidge, who was the eldest son of Samuel, an assistant to Lancelot (Capability) Brown during...
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1 & 2 Carlton Gardens
I have been employed on a number of occasions to advise on paint colour and technical matters in these two buildings at the end of Carlton House Terrace. Some colour measurements have been carried out. View...
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Kensington & Chelsea Town Hall
The Town Hall for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea was designed by Sir Basil Spence and completed in 1977. In 2007 I was asked by the Mayor to provide advice on the decoration and furnishing of the...
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Gwydyr House
The house was situated next to the old Chapel Royal at Whitehall Palace, and was so called after the son of Sir Peter Burrell, the first owner, who became the first Lord Gwydyr in the year 1796. In 1770 Sir Peter...
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