Tag : Surrey

Hope portrait by Henry Bone
Jul 25th, 2015 | | Exterior | Monuments | Portfolio | 2 Comments

The Mausoleum to the Hope Family

Portrait of Thomas Hope in Turkish Costume by Henry Bone after the portrait of 1798 by William Beechey. Pera Museum Thomas Hope (1769–1831), was a merchant banker, author, philosopher and art collector of Dutch...

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Patrick Baty matched paint colours inside the house and worked on the Memorial Arch designed by Sir Hugh Casson
Dec 9th, 2010 | | Conservation | Exterior | National Trust | Portfolio | 4 Comments

Polesden Lacey

Polesden Lacey, Surrey, was once lived in by the poet and playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan (whose London house I have also worked on - see Hertford Street). In 1906 it was purchased by Mrs Ronald Greville, a...

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