Preserving the Great Hall Ceiling of Drayton Hall

The house is no stranger to damage whether of natural or human causes:

“A carpenter & plasterer came to survey defects of house, to estimate repairs.” — MAY 1816, DIARY OF CHARLES DRAYTON

Colleagues at Boscobel House and Gardens said of a recent plaster ceiling failure:

“The cost of inaction, in terms of potential damage to a historic site, ability to serve our audience, the risk to staff and visitors, and the impact on our bottom line that will be felt for years to come, is far greater than the cost of timely intervention.”

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