turners villa turns to crowdfunding to bolster restoration project /

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Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham appeals to public to raise final £125000 of £2.4m target in tender to save it from collapsing A casual chat in a queue at the post office led to years of back-breaking work for an art historian to prevent the house JMW Turner designed for himself as a modest country home from collapsing.
Catherine P
arry-Wingfield is chair of the trust that inherited Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham,which she describes as “a three-dimensional work of art by one of the greatest masters”, from the man in the queue. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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