Save Our Clandon

Hal Bagot writes about his own experience of owning an historic house in response to the planning application:

22/12/24
By Hal Bagot
In 1992 prior to the fire which destroyed a large section of Windsor Castle there were only a handful of plasterers in the country capable of carrying out authentic in situ plasterwork such as that found at Clandon.
We scratched a living from a few scarce projects here and there where traditional work was still required over the more modern fibrous casting system.
In 1992 prior to the fire which destroyed a large section of Windsor Castle there were only a handful of plasterers in the country capable of carrying out authentic in situ plasterwork such as that found at Clandon.
We scratched a living from a few scarce projects here and there where traditional work was still required over the more modern fibrous casting system.

Read the Heritage Report on the National Trust's proposals for Clandon House which we submitted to the Guildford Borough Council.