LONDON’S ART DECO ELTHAM PALACE SET FOR MAJOR MAKEOVER

Friday 17 Oct 2014 @ 10:05
English Heritage

Five new rooms to be opened for the first time in spring 2015
Rare 1930's 'map room' uncovered and public appeal launched to renovate it

A rare 1930s map room hidden for decades under wallpaper in one of the nation's best Art Deco buildings will be revealed as part of English Heritage's major restoration ofEltham Palace in Greenwich, London.

English Heritage yesterday launched a £25,000 public appeal to restore the map room at the palace. This room was where Eltham's glamorous owners - Virginia and Stephen Courtauld - plotted their many extravagant trips around the globe.

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