Meard Street, in Soho, London, was designed and built as a speculative development by John Meard a local builder and businessman. The eastern, wider part of Meard Street, containing Nos. 1–7 (odd) and Nos. 2–6...
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Meard Street, London

The Perfect Grey (or is it “Gray”?)
A sequence of very pale Pure greys produced by Papers and Paints (SC371-SC375). The sequence continues in gradual steps to off-black It is generally accepted that "Grey" is the English spelling for an achromatic or...
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Malmesbury House, Salisbury
Malmesbury House, is in the Close of Salisbury Cathedral, in Wiltshire. Once called Cole Abbey, or Copt Hall, it was built on the site of some small medieval houses to the North of St. Ann's Gate, and was a canonry...
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A North London House
By no means is all my work carried out in well-known or particularly important buildings. Some of the more interesting projects take place in houses of a much smaller scale. This was certainly the case here. The...
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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 interior had been altered substantially...
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The Handel House Museum, London
The Handel House Museum, where a full colour analysis was carried out to reconstruct the colour scheme in place when Handel was resident here during the 18th century. For a more complete account of this project -...
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From Handel to Hendrix: A Coloured History
Occasionally I hope to encourage guest bloggers to write about matters related to restoration, paint or colour. I had no hesitation when Lucy Inglis, the author of the very successful Georgian London blog...
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