House plans - where can I find the original drawing for mine ?

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Permalink Reply by Katie Brooker on October 8, 2011 at 12:22

We've got a number of original features in the house including bells. Happy to have you come round and look.

We're on Stanhope Gardens.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on October 9, 2011 at 14:00

Can't help you with your original plans.. but would recommend this book to those who'd like to 'get a feel' for their houses.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/isarsteve/6224180237/in/photostream/li...

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Permalink Reply by maggie on October 9, 2011 at 21:02

I have original fireplaces, coving, plaster work, built in cupboards, bannisters, skirting, french window, front door with beautiful stained glass, (just showing off really!)and you are more than welcome to come round. I'm on the Ladder. PM me if you'd like to visit.

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Permalink Reply by OneWomanAndHerDog on October 11, 2011 at 18:33

Neil, have you tried looking at the Victorian Society's website? They, like other amenities societies, are a great resource for owners of historic properties. They have a number of publications to help owners wishing to conserve or restore property and online advice pages too. The Vic Soc Book of the Victorian House is a good introduction to the subject.

Many London terraces were built by speculative builders who would buy a portion of a street and the right to build a number of houses along it to set scale and proportions, it is this that gives the streets of Harringay a unified-patchwork effect. And just as the exteriors vary in their detailing the interiors will have too (builders then used trade catalogues much as they do now, and each had their favourite pieces). This means that your immediate neighbours will be the most accurate indicators of what was there before modernisation. More distant neighbours will give you a idea of the general aesthetic of the time. Fireplace and architectural salvage yards can also be a good resource. Finally, good builders and tradesmen who have done lots of work on other Victorian property can be a mine of information, (our chimney sweep spotted that the fireplace in our dining room was an interloper).

Good luck, Helen


http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/

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Permalink Reply by Flower on October 12, 2011 at 7:12

I remember there were tessellated tiles in the hallway where I lived.

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Permalink Reply by B on October 12, 2011 at 11:04

Hello there

We took out the original fireplace grate (with the original beautiful Victorian tiles still intact - one slightly cracked), surroundings and marble mantlepiece recently and was going to sell them off. Would you be interested in buying them off us? The grate etc will need some restoration but the mantlepiece is in good condition. We're on the Ladder. Drop us a line and maybe we could arrange a time for you to come round and have a look?

 

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Permalink Reply by pamish on October 12, 2011 at 11:13

Blasphemy.

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Permalink Reply by 3fgqjn6nndboh on November 17, 2012 at 16:28

the planning department of harringey were where i went to see my middle lane flat how it was built and it was actually how i wished to redesign what was there now.  this is not for fixtures and fittings however, just thought i would mention it.

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