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Monday 26 July 2010

Kenwood: summer, 1968 - part 9.


Another colour shot of the sunroom. For the hell of it, here's the same view by Leslie Bryce:


...and by Joe Baiardi, from a couple of years back:


The final three of Cathy's photos, all showing the west end of the house:


Yet again, a bit of new detail. Note the attic window to the right, which looked on to the "living room" up there:


Clearly different from the other one, this right hand window was blue in colour. (It's probably a safe bet that John was responsible for installing it.) The blue-hued one survived up till the mid-1980s, when it was replaced by a normal pane of glass.


And so there we have it. Huge thanks again go to Cathy Kelleher Sarver for having the chutzpah to get into Kenwood, the foresight to take a camera, and the generosity to let us see all these very evocative photos, all these years later. (And not forgetting Lizzie Bravo, without whom...)

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for this series...Great to see the Kenwood grounds as well as the house.

    Has anyone ever tracked down the Kenwood/St Georges Hill gardener for an interview?

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  2. you did an incredible job, as usual, and cathy told me that she thought it looked really cool. i'm really glad we did this!

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  3. It was great to see them. I'm glad Cathy approves, too. Thanks to everyone for the appreciative comments.

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