Three entries from the house book

The ballroom

The chandelier that came down in 1931

The house book gives it two sentences and records that no one was hurt. The replacement hangs on a chain instead of a rod, for reasons that are now obvious.

The house

Why the 1974 roof was left as it is

A fire took the mansard over the garden side. The rebuild looks like 1974 because it is 1974, and putting that right was considered and refused.

The garden level

What the brick vault was hiding

Plastered flat in 1958, uncovered in 1996, and now the best ceiling in the building after the one upstairs.