St George in the East was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. The foundations were laid in 1714, the building roofed in 1717 and the church was finally dedicated in 1729. The new parish was created out of the Parish...
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St George-in-the-East, Stepney
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Stourhead
The Stourton family, the Barons of Stourton, had lived in the Stourhead estate for 700 years when they sold it to Henry Hoare I, son of wealthy banker Sir Richard Hoare in 1717. The original manor house was...
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The House of the Binns, Linlithgow
The House of the Binns is situated on the western slopes of twin hills (in old Scots “binns”) three miles east of Linlithgow. The present house was built between 1612 and 1630 by Thomas Dalyell, an Edinburgh...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
I have visited Colonial Williamsburg several times on conferences or to lecture. Whenever I am there my opinion is often sought on paint matters. To date I have looked at the Governor’s Palace; Peyton Randolph...
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The Benjamin Franklin House
The stairs - note that this was taken before the glaze was applied (see below) Craven Street was originally known as Spur Alley until it was redeveloped by William Craven, afterwards 5th Baron Craven, from 1728. A...
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St John’s, Smith Square
St John's, Smith Square, was designed by Thomas Archer and completed in 1728. It is regarded as one of the finest works of English Baroque architecture, and features four corner towers and monumental broken...
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(Former) Crown Estate Headquarters
The two Carlton House Terraces were built between 1827-33 by several architects to conform to John Nash's master elevations. They occupy the site of the recently-demolished Carlton House. I was employed by the...
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Syon House
In the 18th century, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, commissioned architect and interior designer Robert Adam and landscape designer Lancelot "Capability" Brown to redesign the house and estate. Work began...
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Holmwood House, Glasgow
Holmwood House was built by Alexander Thomson in 1857-58 near the village of Cathcart, on the southern fringes of Glasgow. The client was James Couper who, with his brother Robert, owned the nearby Millholm paper...
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Ham House
I have been employed on several occasions to advise on the treatment of external surfaces at Ham House. In the early 1990s I carried out trials with copperas washes on the quoins, which had been painted with a...
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