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| ESTIMATE FOR THE PLUMBING AT BARMORAL |
£75 |
Occasionally one finds a truly interesting item, that is not a lot of money. like this original estimate of costings for the plumbing at Balmoral. The Scottish home of our late Queen.
After a number of visits by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, who loved and fell in love with the area. An arrangement was made in 1848 that Prince Albert would acquire the remaining part of the lease on Balmoral, together with its furniture and staff, without having seen the property first. The royal couple arrived for their first visit on 8 September 1848. Victoria found the house "small but pretty", and recorded in her diary that: "All seemed to breathe freedom and peace, and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils". The surrounding hilly landscape reminded them of Thuringia, Albert's homeland in Germany.
The house was soon confirmed to be too small, and in 1848, John and William Smith were commissioned to design new offices, cottages, and other ancillary buildings. Improvements to the woodlands, gardens and estate buildings were also being made.
This delightful estimate of costs is addressed to William Smith and is dated Jan.1853, work started later that year and finished in 1856.
Original frame 22 x 27 cm |
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