Wilton House 1949

ten years later
those photos 62 years on...
the approval to proceed
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contractor Ralph Fry
the original meeting
A postponement
Professor Tristram carried out the original survey ten years earlier
a Ministry of Works delegation
the costs
the contract
Single Cube Room 2011
Double Cube Room 2011
Wilton House South Front November 1949
dry rot and identity cards...
part of the problem
the removal of the dummy door
the back of the door
skirting boards
dry rot fungus under the floors
roofing beams completely eaten through
rot under lath and plaster coved ceiling
under the plaster and panelling in the Double Cube
panels and plasterwork removed
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panels completely eaten through
the back of the dummy door
almost beyond repair
dry rot damage behind the ceiling
detail
partially stripped ,out
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renewal of roof over the Single Cube Room