Geffrye Museum - Bronze Green door and Lead Colour balustrade The biggest problem with the naming of colour is the inevitable one of interpretation. Few more so than ‘Bronze Green’, which to some will conjure up...
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Apr 3rd, 2013
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Commercial premises | Portfolio |
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Scottish Provident Building, London
The Scottish Provident Building The Scottish Provident Building, 1-6 Lombard Street, in London, was designed by the architect William Curtis Green in 1912. I was asked to examine the curved gates on the corner...
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Nov 3rd, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Colour Services |
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Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration
The British Colour Council When the British Colour Council came into being in 1930, the declared aims and objects included the placing of colour determination for the British Empire in British hands and the...
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Jun 29th, 2011
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Patrick's Writing |
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The Methods and Materials of the House-Painter in England 1650-1850
The text of my thesis can be found here Papers and Paints can be found here: View Larger...
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May 22nd, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (7) – Concrete Paint
Concrete Paint Samples A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts...
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May 8th, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (3) – Permanent Greens
Longfield Permanent Greens A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for a...
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Dec 28th, 2010
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Private Houses |
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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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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 9th, 2010
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Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences |
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Penrice Castle, Gower
The present Penrice Castle was built in the 1770s by the neo-classical architect Anthony Keck for Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam and Penrice. It is Grade I listed and one of the finest country houses in...
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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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