Montacute House


Ralph Fry at Montacute

A representative schedule of restoration work undertaken during the period 1951 – 1957 and relating to the photos which follow

1951 The Lodge

1952 Glazing Long Gallery
North West Chimney Stacks
Stables’ Block Roof
Orangery
North East Bay window
Parlour Floor
Clifton Maybank Corridor Floor
Lodge Roof
Lily Pond

1954 Summer House

1956 Armorial Bearings
Main Roof
Leaded Lights Long Gallery
Roof Ladders
Garden Houses to Courtyard
Stone Balustrades

1956 -7 Garden Pavilions

1957 Lily Pond
Repairs to Hamstone Chimney

Other National Trust sites nearby where extensive work was done

Old Priest’s House, Muchelney 1952

Old Priory, Stoke sub Hamdon 1955

following detailed research into maintenance records held at Montacute House and made available by kind permission of the National Trust

10/04/2012