When you work with your head firmly in the past and your nose only inches away from the well-turned leg you are repairing; or a section of 300 year old panelling...

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Last month marked 35 years since fire gutted 7th century York Minster. Over a thousand years of history contained...

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Our Swedish kiln has been pivotal in the rescue of a flooded English manor house.

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Over 30 years ago when I was a teenager learning my trade as an antique furniture restorer in Brighton, there was no...

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The owners did not discover the catastrophic effects of water cascading through the ceilings of their beautiful...

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The 1600s included the deeply carved wood and strongly modelled silver of the Jacobean period.

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The second part of our Witches blog will be looking at buildings around the country that have identified...

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Witches marks, also known as Apotropaic Marks (Greek apotrepein "to warn off" from apo- "away" and trepein "to turn") or...

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Tudor, Elizabethan and Jacobean panelling The Tudor period can be seen as a turning point in British domestic...

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A recent enquiry in Southampton turned out to be an interesting historic visit when we were asked to...

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Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning...

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Today waxing will only be needed very occasionally, perhaps once in a few years, if at all. Only...

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Prior to the invention of the sawmill, boards were rived (split) and planed, or more often sawn by two...

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The ancient oak forests of old England hold a special place in British hearts. The Christmas Yule Log was...

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Over the past seven weeks we have been conserving and repairing the panelling on the east elevation of...

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Born Alexandrina Victoria on the 24th May 1819 at Kensington Palace, Victoria was christened privately by the Archbishop...

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A Brief History The King’s Drawing Room is part of the King’s State Apartments, commissioned by King George...

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Before anything else the oak flooring in the King’s Drawing Room had to be protected, resulting in the...

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Peter the Wild Boy featured in William Kent's' vivid recreation of George I’s court painted on the walls of The King's Staircase at Kensington Palace.

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