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The House
Restoration House as we see it today is the amalgamation of two medieval buildings which were combined in the late 16th or early 17th century to create a mansion house just outside the south east corner of the city wall of Rochester. It was neither a town house nor a country seat but shared features of both, not least being the political seat of its creator and first owner Henry Clerke. Henry Clerke and his son Francis, both ambitious lawyers, were both elected several times as Royalist members of Parliament for Rochester.
The Civil War during the 1640’s led to this property, which was central to their political effectiveness, being sequestered and occupied by Colonel Gibbon, Cromwell’s commander in the South East. However with the death of Cromwell in 1658 and the weakness of his son, Royalist forces began plotting to restore the deposed King’s son, Charles Stuart, exiled in France and Holland, back onto the throne.
From early 1660 plans were advancing and Rochester being the only crossing of the Medway on the road from Dover to London was a strategic consideration, more so with a large part of the nation’s fleet, much expanded under Cromwell, being moored at Chatham Dockyard nearby.
The mansion in the ownership of Royalist Francis Clerke and presumably with the cooperation of Colonel Gibbon, was fitted up to receive the young Charles and to act as his overnight base in Rochester, an important stage on his progress to London. With Charles were his two younger brothers the Dukes of York and Gloucester.
Over the past ten years the present owners of Restoration House have uncovered various parts of the decorative scheme which they believe were “run up” for the occasion. These provide fascinating examples of fashionable mid-17th century Continental taste seen through provincial eyes at a time when such innovations had been quashed by Cromwell. Thus the use of ‘French Grey’ paint, of paint effect ‘marbling’ and ‘japanning’, of the opening up of rooms through ‘French doors’ cut into earlier partitions were not only introduced for Charles’ reception but have miraculously survived under later layers to be now once more revealed.
Final restoration. New paint, new decals, new tires. Old interior and windows.
Read the complete story at MorningToast.com
Final restoration. New paint, new decals, new tires. Old interior and windows.
Read the complete story at MorningToast.com
1917 NZR Addington AB663 “Sharon Lee” Steam Locomotive undergoing restoration at the Mainline Steam depot – Plimmerton, New Zealand
A winter storm moved through the Puget Sound region late Friday and early Saturday, bringing additional snow and wind to the region causing widespread outages around our service area, with the heaviest damage in Thurston, Kitsap, and Whatcom Counties and Vashon Island.
Here is a photo restoration I did in Adobe Photoshop.
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Image from SDASM's Restoration Department
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This is the way you drill your door………..
…for the power window wiring boots.
I was unfortunate to have to use a $3 chinesium hole saw set from Harbor Freight. The biggest issue is that the center drill bit was not straight. Therefore it wobbled and made the hole almost another 1/8” bigger than it was supposed to be.
I learned this on the bigger 2.5” hole on the frame side.
Note the magnets I used to help capture the metal shavings. I ran the drill at about 100RPM and kept the saw lubed with clean motor oil. The hole is almost too big, so some sealant / adhesive will be necessary.
When drilling the door, I used a smaller blade (2"), so even with the added wobble factor, the hole size was perfect - 2 1/8"!
I drilled for the boots’ mounting holes last.
Really enjoying restoring this 100 year old bicycle tool pouch. Given it a good clean, fed the leather, then dismantled as the stitching was rotten. Now reassembly! Using a method I’ve seen Suzie Fletcher use on BBC’s The Repair Shop, using two needles and lacing the thread up. It’s working a treat!
Still need to source three new straps to fit it to the frame.
View to the northwest from the top-floor terrace.
Restoration Hardware opened its opulent Gold Coast outlet at 1300 N. Dearborn Pkwy. in October 2015. The former Three Arts Club was completed in 1914. The 70,000 square-foot stores features a roof-top deck, restaurant, bar and coffee bar.
Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid discusses the history of inter-agency partnership to preserve Lake Tahoe at the 18th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit outside of South Lake Tahoe, California, Aug. 19, 2014. Federal, state, and local leaders were on hand to reinforce their commitment to ecological restoration and improving water quality in and around the lake. The Corps continues to partner with state and local agencies on a series of ecosystem restoration projects around the lake. Photo cropped for emphasis. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Burns/Released)
Historic Environment, traditional farm building, HTB option, Agri environment scheme, North York Moors National Park.
Credit: © Natural England/Margaret Nieke 2002
this weekend, at preview evening tonight 17-19th May 2013
held at st Michael's Church, Emley village, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
all monies raised at this event are going to the building fund of this Grade 1 listed, 14th Century Church, which required some very important structural work to be carried out.
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The Archbishop learns about the restorations of great Italian artworks chosen by Glasgow City Council for their exhibition "Essence of Beauty - 500 years of Italian Art" of which he is patron
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This is a before restoration shot of my 1977 Viscount Aerospace Pro. Basically a runner but lots of rust, shot bearings, grease that has congealed into a kind of useless wax, worn out brakes, etc. Still a comfy and quick ride!
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