Buckingham Palace
I have worked on projects at Buckingham Palace for many years. A wartime fim clip showing the effect of Nazi bombing on the Palace: BUCKINGHAM PALACE BOMBEDYour browser...
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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...
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Lancaster House
Lancaster House (previously known as York House and Stafford House) is a mansion in St. James's, London. Benjamin Dean Wyatt was commissioned by the Duke of York to design...
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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...
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The Foreign Office
The designs for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office date from 1861. Originally George Gilbert Scott, the architect, had produced a Gothic design, but this had been dismissed...
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10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister. Number 10 was originally three houses. In 1732 King George II offered them...
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Dover House
The present Dover House was originally built for Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (see also Uppark) by James Paine between 1755 and 1758. In December 1787, on payment of...
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Great Conservatory, Syon House
The 3rd Duke of Northumberland commissioned Charles Fowler to build a new conservatory in 1826, the first of its kind to be built out of gunmetal, Bath stone and glass. I...
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Uppark
Uppark is a 17th-century house in South Harting, Petersfield, West Sussex, and a National Trust property. It was built for the first Lord Tankerville c.1690 and...
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Dumfries House, Ayrshire
Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around 3 km west of Cumnock. It was built in the 1750s by John Adam and...
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Greenbank, Glasgow
Greenbank - Front Greenbank House stands in Clarkston, on the outskirts of Glasgow. It was built by Robert Allason between 1764 and 1765. Allason was a local man who had...
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Newhailes, East Lothian
Newhailes was built in 1686 by James Smith, and originally known as Whitehill. The property was bought by Sir David Dalrymple, in 1709-10, who started the improvements which...
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The Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It...
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Victoria and Albert Museum
I have carried out a number of projects in the museum; several have involved paint analysis, including: 1) The Paul Pindar House The object in the Victoria and...
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The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection was established in 1897 from the private collection created by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800–1870). He left it and the house...
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