The Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland was commissioned by Walter W. Blackie, the publisher, in 1902 as his family residence. Blackie had been introduced to the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh by the art...
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Dec 10th, 2010
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Conservation | Exterior | National Trust for Scotland |
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The Hill House, Helensburgh
Dec 10th, 2010
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Commercial premises |
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Barber Institute
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is housed in one of Birmingham's finest Art Deco buildings, purpose built and opened by Queen Mary in 1939. The Barber Institute was designed by Robert Atkinson (1883-1952), one...
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Dec 10th, 2010
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Exterior | Monuments | Portfolio |
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Hartlepool War Memorial
The memorial was designed by Philip B. Bennison in 1921 for the civilians and servicemen killed in World War One. It has a raked, stepped plinth to a square, coursed, rockfaced pedestal with ashlar quoins at the...
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Dec 10th, 2010
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Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences |
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Burford Priory
Burford Priory stands on the site of a 13th century Augustinian hospital. In the 1580s an Elizabethan house was built incorporating remnants of the priory hospital. In the 17th century it was remodelled in Jacobean...
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Dec 10th, 2010
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Monuments | Portfolio |
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Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede
The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from the British Empire who were lost in operations from World War II. The memorial...
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Dec 9th, 2010
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Institutions | Portfolio |
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RAF Bicester
RAF Bicester was established in 1918. From 1918-1920 it was a three squadron training depot. It was closed from March 1920-January 1928 before becoming a one squadron bomber station. From 1939 until 1944 it...
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Dec 8th, 2010
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Clubs and Societies | Organisations | Portfolio |
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Lansdowne Club
The Lansdowne Club was established in 1935. It is located at 9 Fitzmaurice Place, near Berkeley Square, in London. The present building forms part of the original Lansdowne House which was partly demolished when a...
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Dec 8th, 2010
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Exterior | Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences |
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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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Dec 8th, 2010
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Exterior | Portfolio |
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Marlborough Gate, St James’s Park, London
I was commissioned to carry out an analysis of the paint on the gates leading on to The Mall. View Larger...
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Dec 8th, 2010
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Exterior | National Trust | Portfolio |
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Hidcote Manor Garden
Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire was purchased, as a farm, in 1907 by Gertrude Winthrop, a widow. After serving in the First World War her son Major Lawrence Johnston took over the house and...
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