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Brunswick Terrace website page
Regency Architecture R-EX data
The Architect C A Busby R-EX data
Design & Construction
Who was the architect?
Why is the Drawing Room here/where it is.? (It’s position in the house).
Could the two areas be separated off?
Why are there 2 doors?
Are they an ‘In’ and ‘Out’ for servants
What is that hole in the wall used for?
What are those shutters outside the windows for?
What type of wood was used for the doors and skirting?
Are the walls plastered?
How are they constructed?
Was the balcony used, i.e. stepping out onto it, or was it purely decorative?
Utilities
How did they clean the chimneys?
Was this done regularly?
Do you ever have the fire going?
How would it have been heated?
Was the fire really warm?
Was there any other form of heating?
How would it have been illuminated?
Would there have been wall lights?
Were candles used or was gas lighting installed?
Did they have a call bell system?
Were the wires exposed or hidden?
Style & Decoration
Is this room all about showing off?
What did they use to cover the windows?
How has the woodwork been painted Is the cornice original?
Is the ceiling rose original?
Is the fireplace original?
What flooring would they have used?
Would it have been carpeted?
The skirting is very high.
Was this to stay in proportion to the height of the room?
What would hang from the ceiling/ceiling rose?
Will you replace the chandeliers in both parts of the drawing room?
Did the room have Regency Wallpaper?
What was on the walls?
All those painted wall panels on the walls original?
Would there have been a large mirror above the fireplace?
Where did they get their furniture?
Was it bespoke?/Expensive?
Society & Use
What is this room called
What kind of family would live here?
Is this a rich person’s house?
Who lived here
Are these second homes?
What was the drawing room used for?
Did the children use this room?
Did they eat and drink in this room?
How did they entertain?
Was there a piano in the room?
Where would it have been?
Was the fashionable season the winter or the summer?
If the house was rented would it have been furnished?
