view from the balcony

Fenton House, Hampstead

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May 3rd 2011
I started doing the conservation cleaning on a voluntary basis in February this year. We visited Fenton House several years ago and remembered the porcelain collection, needlework, and Benton Fletcher’s keyboard collection. We learnt that Fenton House was one of the earliest and largest country houses which had been built in Hampstead in the 17th century, and was resided in by various people, e. ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more