People We’ve Worked With
Examples of some of the projects our team have worked on.
Palace of Westminster
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… Started in 1835 and completed in 1860, it sits at the heart of the capital and has some of the finest interior decoration of the mid 19th century.
Historic Royal Palaces
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… Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, The Banqueting House, Kew Palace, Queen Charlotte’s Cottage and the Great Pagoda within Kew Gardens and Hillsbrough Castle. The Royal Household manages Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. With extensive historical collections and the upkeep of these impressive buildings the charity conserves them for the nation.
Royal Pavilion
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… added by John Nash in 1815. The building was later sold by Queen Victoria in 1850 to the City of Brighton. Today the Pavilion houses some of the most extraordinary interiors, especially the Chinoiserie wallpapers.
Sudeley Castle
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… it houses the grave of Henry VIII’s sixth wife Catherine Parr in the church. The house was used as a base during the English Civil War by King Charles I and Prince Rupert, later besieged and slighted by the parliamentary forces. The ruins were purchased by the Dent family in 1837, who restored the castle into the home it is today and remains the home of Elizabeth, Lady Ashcombe and her family.
Petworth House
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… by the Duke of Somerset inspired by the Palace of Versailles. Since 1750 the house has belonged to the Wyndham family descended form the Percy line. Renowned for the Capability Brown grounds, the Grinling Gibbons wood carvings, the picture collection and J.M.W. Turner and John Constable connection.Today the house is managed by the National Trust.
Harewood House
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… Harrogate and Leeds and spans a 1,000 acres, it is still the home of the Lascelles family and the eighth Earl. In 1922, Henry Lascelles, married Princess Mary, the only daughter of George V. The house houses a significant collection of renowned artists as well as one of the most prominent Chinoiserie wallpapers in the UK.
Temple Newsam
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… the 18th and 19th centuries. The park was remodelled by Capability Brown in the 1760’s but was later encroached by coal mines and new roads. Isabella Ingram, Marchioness of Hertford lived in the house and was the mistress of George IV, who gifted her the Chinese wallpaper, embellished with cut out birds from Audubon’s The Birds of America. Walter Scotts Ivanhoe’s Temple Stowe was believed to be modelled on temple Newsam. The house has some incredible wallpaper and a significant picture collection.
Estelle Manor
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… and was largely rebuilt in the 20th century by Ernest George but was remodelled in the 19th century by Charles Barry and Owen Jones in the 1870’s. The Georgian house was demolished in 1904 and replaced with the jacobethan mansion by Earnest George with all the modern facilities of the day. Used by allied forces during the Second World War and later as a police college, the reopened in 2023 as Estelle Manor, a country house hotel and private members club.
Kew Palace
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… housed George III during his bouts of madness in 1788, 1801 and 1804. Remodelled and finally left disussed throughout the remaining 19th and 20th Century until extensive restoration was carried out in 1996 and the interior reimagined. The palace is now run by Historic Palaces.
Howick Hall
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… 2nd Earl Grey, after which Earl Grey tea is named. Built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1782 by the Newcastle architect William Newton. A fire destroyed the whole of the interior in 1926, rebuilt in 1928. The family moved out of the house in 1963 after the death of the 5th Earl and in 1973 the west wing was converted into a home for the the present owner, Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale. The main house is slowly being renovated and the gardens are open to the public.
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