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That will look stunning Yola (and quite grand!). It would be wonderful if somehow you could get your 2 absentee neighbours to join in, especially the one next door to you. When we were thinking about changing our garage into an "annexe" for MIL with French doors, we knew that we would have to have a "Juliet balcony" for safety sake and found a chap who does bespoke ironwork. We are very pleased with the results. |
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But you know I won't be wearing a skirt like that bird in the pic is wearing . . . I will DEFINITELY lower the tone with my combats |
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Make all the difference putting the railings back |
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What a great project. I love original features and hate when things are 'improved' to the point they no longer resemble their original purpose. I hope all agree and the project is a great success. |
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That's a lovely age. Do you have anything there like our Historic Preservation Board here in Washington? Owners can't make any changes to the exterior of their homes if they are in an historic area like Georgetown or Capitol Hill...houses dating back to the early 1800s. You can modernize inside, but not make any meaningful changes to the exterior. |
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Local authorities can create "Conservation Areas" where architectural or historic reasons make it important to preserve the nature of the area. It's very difficult to alter anything on the buildings in such an area so that seems to be very similar to your Preservation Board. Individual buildings can be given "Listed Building" status, irrespective of where they are located, if there are aspects that make it worthy of preservation. Grade 2 listing is fairly common for old attractive buildings, Grade 2* is for more important buildings and Grade 1 is for national treasures such as Westminster Abbey etc. |
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