Tag : Kensington

Addison Avenue
Apr 15th, 2016 | | Exterior | Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences | No Comments

Addison Avenue, London W11

37-55 Addison Avenue Addison Avenue is located in the Norland Conservation Area, in North Kensington. This was first designated in 1969. All the houses on Addison Avenue between Queensdale Road and St James’s...

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Studios - South Edwardes Square
Jun 8th, 2013 | | Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences | 12 Comments

Edwardes Square Studios, South Edwardes Square, Kensington

Edwardes Square, in Kensington, was built between 1811 and 1819. By 1820 the garden was designed by Agostino Aglio, an Italian artist, with guidance from the Royal Horticultural Society. Agostino Aglio The...

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Albert Hall Mansions
Oct 5th, 2012 | | Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences | No Comments

Albert Hall Mansions

Albert Hall Mansions In 1872–73 the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners decided to take advantage of a buoyant market to lease parts of their estate for private building. Their first attention was given to the...

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Kensington Palace Orangery
Jan 11th, 2011 | | Palaces | No Comments

Kensington Palace Orangery

The Orangery at Kensington Palace was designed for Queen Anne by Hawksmoor in 1704. The level of decoration of the interior, including carved detail by Grinling Gibbons, reflects its intended use, not just as a...

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Patrick Baty advised on the approach to take here.
Dec 7th, 2010 | | Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences | No Comments

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 colours in the house that had once been...

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Patrick Baty carried out paint analysis in the Royal Albert Hall
Dec 7th, 2010 | | Commercial premises | No Comments

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is one of the country's most treasured and distinctive buildings, recognisable all over the world. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from every kind of...

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Kensington Palace
Nov 25th, 2010 | | Palaces | 2 Comments

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 since the 17th century. Queen...

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Chelsea Town Hall
Nov 25th, 2010 | | Government | No Comments

Kensington & Chelsea Town Hall

The Town Hall for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea was designed by Sir Basil Spence and completed in 1977.  In 2007 I was asked by the Mayor to provide advice on the decoration and furnishing of the...

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