Restoration Record Book: Restoration Volume II
by or after Sheila Pettit
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
415 mm (Width); 315 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Cragside
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1232881.2
Summary
One of sixteen Restoration Record Books created by Sheila Pettit, former Historic Buildings Representative for the National Trust. One of three scrapbooks documenting the completed restoration work at Cragside prior to opening. A scrapbook with black leather effect covers with gold trim and black pages, with layers of protection between pages. This volume follows on from Restoration Volume I and contains photographs and other images of the exterior of Cragside; sketches by T. Raffles Davison which appeared in the British Architect 1881, images from Country Life dated September 1980, National Monuments Record photographs dated 1975, photographs by Turner’s dated 1970, information and a photograph of the restored Owl Suite Bed, 1981; Photographs from Homes and Gardens 1979, photographs by Turners of the Still room, Bakery, Plunge bath and North-East Wing dated 1983 and postcards dating from 1977.
Makers and roles
by or after Sheila Pettit, creator