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We produced a room-by-room gazetteer to ensure that all of the interiors were fully appreciated, including a full appraisal of the mosaics and wall tiles in the Arab, Narcissus and Staircase Halls.
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Leighton House Museum
1.We produced a room-by-room gazetteer to ensure that all of the interiors were fully appreciated, including a full appraisal of the mosaics and wall tiles in the Arab, Narcissus and Staircase Halls.
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Our Conservation Management Plan helped the client to understand the house in its context and tackled important issues for the future of the building. We were appointed to lead a significant programme of conservation and restoration.
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Leighton House Museum
2.Our Conservation Management Plan helped the client to understand the house in its context and tackled important issues for the future of the building. We were appointed to lead a significant programme of conservation and restoration.
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The Arab Hall’s original marble columns, 16th and 17th Century Islamic tiles and floor mosaics are key features of Leighton House. They had been carefully monitored by specialist conservators and were consolidated, conserved and cleaned during the refurbishment process.
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Leighton House Museum
3.The Arab Hall’s original marble columns, 16th and 17th Century Islamic tiles and floor mosaics are key features of Leighton House. They had been carefully monitored by specialist conservators and were consolidated, conserved and cleaned during the refurbishment process.
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The gilded dome of the Arab Hall, a unique architectural feature, was carefully researched to establish the original decorative scheme. It was then reinstated using traditional gilding and hand-painted techniques.
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Leighton House Museum
4.The gilded dome of the Arab Hall, a unique architectural feature, was carefully researched to establish the original decorative scheme. It was then reinstated using traditional gilding and hand-painted techniques.
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Based on historic photographs, the lighting was recreated to illuminate the interiors as they would have appeared using no more artificial light than that available to Leighton.
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Leighton House Museum
5.Based on historic photographs, the lighting was recreated to illuminate the interiors as they would have appeared using no more artificial light than that available to Leighton.
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The house’s ziggurats are distinctive architectural features that were removed in 1959. They were reinstated using carefully detailed, handmade bricks to enrich the original ornamental parapets.
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Leighton House Museum
6.The house’s ziggurats are distinctive architectural features that were removed in 1959. They were reinstated using carefully detailed, handmade bricks to enrich the original ornamental parapets.
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Historic paint, wallcoverings and detail samples from original materials were researched. Following extensive trial development, they were sourced and reproduced in the reconstruction of the historic decorative scheme.
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Leighton House Museum
7.Historic paint, wallcoverings and detail samples from original materials were researched. Following extensive trial development, they were sourced and reproduced in the reconstruction of the historic decorative scheme.
Leighton House Museum
8.Craftsmen produced silk wall coverings and flock wallpaper using 19th Century methods. The interiors now convey a more authentic sense and understanding of Leighton’s aesthetics and decorative vision.
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The renewed services systems, discretely installed, now deliver the environmental conditions required to balance the needs of the collection with the use of the building for special occasions.
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Leighton House Museum
9.The renewed services systems, discretely installed, now deliver the environmental conditions required to balance the needs of the collection with the use of the building for special occasions.
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The reinstatement of the carefully detailed, handmade brick ziggurats restores the character of this unique Victorian townhouse within its neighbourhood, originally an important artist enclave.
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Leighton House Museum
10.The reinstatement of the carefully detailed, handmade brick ziggurats restores the character of this unique Victorian townhouse within its neighbourhood, originally an important artist enclave.
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Major interventions adhered to strict conditions so there were no significant physical or visual alterations. The replacement of the studio stage to incorporate an air conditioning system reduces its physical impact.
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Leighton House Museum
11.Major interventions adhered to strict conditions so there were no significant physical or visual alterations. The replacement of the studio stage to incorporate an air conditioning system reduces its physical impact.
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The refurbishment of the Museum’s Arab Hall stimulates cultural exchange and interaction through a range of diverse artistic presentations and educational events.
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Leighton House Museum
12.The refurbishment of the Museum’s Arab Hall stimulates cultural exchange and interaction through a range of diverse artistic presentations and educational events.