The present Penrice Castle was built in the 1770s by the neo-classical architect Anthony Keck for Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam and Penrice. It is Grade I listed and one of the finest country houses in...
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Penrice Castle, Gower
Dec 9th, 2010
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Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools. I was asked to advise on paint technical matters in the...
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Goodwood
The first Duke of Richmond (1672-1723) bought Goodwood as a hunting Lodge in 1697. Part of the Jacobean house survives in the form of the present Long Hall. It was the third Duke (1735-1806) who was responsible...
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Dec 8th, 2010
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Robert Adam's Lansdowne House Dining Room I was asked to assist with the analysis of the paint on the walls of two rooms that had been removed from English houses in the 1930s - the Lansdowne House and Kirtlington...
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Dec 8th, 2010
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Broughton House, Kirkcudbright
Broughton House is a mid-eighteenth century house in the town of Kirkcudbright. From 1901 to 1933 the artist Edward Atkinson Hornel lived and worked there. He was one of the 'Glasgow Boys' who were influenced by...
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Boconnoc House, Lostwithiel
Boconnoc can trace its history back to the Normans. The estate and house were taxed in the Domesday Roll A.D.1087. At one stage it belonged to the Pitt family and it was eventually bequeathed to the Fortescue...
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Odsey House, Cambridgeshire
Odsey House, built in the early 18th century, is said to be the only surviving purpose built racing lodge in England, which partly accounts for its Grade I listing. The Doric portico I was employed to advise...
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Compton Bassett House, Wiltshire
In 1659 Compton Bassett House was a U-shaped building which was open to the south-east. Its main range, lying north-east and south-west, had a hall at its north-east end and, south-west of the hall, a screens...
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Valentines Mansion, Ilford
Valentines Mansion is situated in Valentines Park in the London Borough of Redbridge. Built in 1696 for Lady Tillotson, the widow of the Archbishop of Canterbury, it was a family house until Sarah Ingleby, its last...
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Mansfield Street – various
Over the years I have carried out various jobs in eighteenth century houses in Mansfield Street. These have ranged from paint analysis to advice on colour and paint technical matters. Patrick advised on the...
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