Kensington Square
Kensington Square is a garden square in Kensington, London. It was founded in 1685 and is the oldest such square in London. I was employed to advise on paint types and...
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Fawley Court
Fawley Court stands on the bank of the River Thames just north of Henley-upon-Thames. There is evidence the site has been occupied since Domesday, although building in the...
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Worksop Manor
Worksop Manor is a stately home in the Dukeries area of Nottinghamshire. A house was built in the late 16th century for the George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, and probably...
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Ballyfin, Co Laois, Ireland
Ballyfin House was designed and built in the early 1800’s. In its present form, the main block was constructed between 1821 and 1826. It is built on the same site as an...
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Albany
Albany was built between 1770-1774 by Sir William Chambers for Viscount Melbourne, as Melbourne House. It is a three-storey mansion seven bays wide, with a pair of service...
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Archway House, Clapham Common
The house is part of a terrace of early eighteenth century houses built by John Hutt, a carpenter, between 1714-20 on the north side of Clapham Common. Although they vary in...
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Falkland Palace – Royal Tennis Court
The office of Keeper was acquired in 1887 by a descendant of the Royal Stuarts, John Patrick Crichton Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute. He rebuilt and restored much of the...
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Windsor Castle
I have worked at Windsor Castle for a number of years. My first project there was shortly before the fire of 1992. That period was a busy one for me as I was also involved...
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Hampton Court Palace – Tijou Screen
The iron screen at the end of the Privy Garden and fronting the Thames was designed by the Huguenot ironworker Jean Tijou. Tijou had arrived in England in c.1689 and...
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Kew Palace
The most intimate of the royal palaces, Kew was built as a private house in 1631 and used by the Royal family between 1729 and 1818. In happier times, George III, Queen...
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Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace is a Royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family...
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St James’s Palace
I have worked in St James's Palace on colour-related projects. View Larger...
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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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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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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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