Handel House Museum, London
My paint analysis of the house once occupied by George Frideric Handel proved one of the more complex that I have undertaken. During its many years as an antique shop the...
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Christ Church, Spitalfields
Nicholas Hawksmoor’s famous baroque church had fallen into terrible disrepair and came within a whisker of demolition. The Friends of Christ Church was formed in 1976, but...
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Tower Bridge, London
In the second half of the 19th century, increased commercial development in the East End of London led to a requirement for a new river crossing downstream of London Bridge. A...
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Stowe, Buckinghamshire
Stowe House - North Front Stowe House is a magnificent Grade I listed eighteenth century country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. It is the home of...
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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London
Far from being a brilliant white, paint analysis established that the surfaces in the foyer were painted in a very sophisticated manner in 1951. A deep red, a pale dull green...
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Royal Albert Bridge, Cornwall
A previous existence as a miltary parachutist helped me on this project. The 185ft bridge had to be scaled at night, when the trains had stopped running, in order for paint...
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Kenilworth Castle
The original garden at Kenilworth Castle was built by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s nine-day visit to the castle in July 1575. In 2009...
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Hill of Tarvit, Cupar, Scotland
In the early 20th century the Scotstarvit estate, south of Cupar in Fife, was bought by Frederick Bower Sharp. The Sharp family had made their fortune in Dundee, where they...
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Hampton Court Palace
I have worked on many projects at Hampton Court Palace over the last twenty years. The recent recreation of a Tudor garden inspired by King Henry VIII’s Privy garden was...
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Golden Lane Housing Estate, London
The Golden Lane Housing Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London. It was built on the northern edge of the City, in an area devastated by bombing in...
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Geffrye Museum, London
I have been advising the Geffrye Museum on paint and colour for twenty years. In a recent project I investigated the paints and the colours employed on the exterior of the...
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Culzean Castle
Culzean is perhaps the most romantic of the neo-Gothic castles designed and built by Robert Adam. Built on the cliffs on the Ayrshire coast it has a magnificent grand oval...
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Castletown Cox, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Castletown Cox is considered to be one of the six most important country houses in Ireland. I was employed for many years while it was restored. Advice was given on...
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Arnold Circus Bandstand
The Boundary Estate is a housing development, formally opened in 1900, in the East End of London. It is situated in the north western corner of Bethnal Green in the London...
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Private residence, London SW1
This house in London’s West End had lain empty for many years and I had twice been consulted about it by earlier potential occupants. I have been advising on the...
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