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Patrick Baty sample the paint on a number of external surfaces at Worth Park
May 16th, 2011 | | Portfolio | Private Houses | 3 Comments

Worth Park (Stables) – Sussex

Stable Tower The site of Worth Park, in Sussex, had been owned by the Warenne family since the Norman Conquest. It formed part of the Forest of Worth, stretching from Slaugham in the South to Worth in the North. In...

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Sulby Park Door - Patrick Baty carried out the paint analysis of this Soane-designed complex of buildings
Dec 28th, 2010 | | Private Houses | No Comments

Sulby Park Farm, Northamptonshire

In 1792 Rene Payne of Welford employed Sir John Soane to design a house on land in the Parish of Sulby. The house, built in the Palladian style in 1793-95, was of two storeys with basement and attics. In 1810,...

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Patrick Baty was commissioned to carry out the analysis of the paint on the ground floor of the Stables at Ashton Court
Dec 8th, 2010 | | Conservation | Portfolio | No Comments

Ashton Court Stables, Bristol

It appears that there has been a house on the site since Saxon times. For some 400 years, from the mid sixteenth century, it was the home of the Smyth family. During their ownership many changes took place, and it...

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