Restored Collection

LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire station
A former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council

Greece / Athens / Acropolis
The interior of the PARTHENON, or Temple of Athene Parthenos, restored

Lychgate Of The Needles, Horsham
A photograph of a stone roofed lychgate giving entrance to The Needles a property at Horsham, restored from an ancient farm house. Date: circa 1929

Country Home At Horsham
A photograph of a charming old country home in Horsham, West Sussex, restored in the early 1900s to equip the property with an electric lighting plant, without losing it's old world appeal

Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 of No 27 Squadron RAF Scampton
Avro Vulcan B2, XH558, of No 27 Squadron, RAF Scampton, checks a North Sea oil rig. February 1975. This aircraft was restored to airworthiness by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust in 2007. Date: 1975

Aepyornis Skeleton
A Victorian couple admire a restored skeleton of aepyornis ingens, a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar

A corner of London Wall, City of London. In the foreground is part of St, Giles Cripplegate Church, restored after having been burnt out during the Blitz in 1940. Date: early 1960s

Spain. Teruel. Tower of Saint Martin
Spain. Teruel. Tower of the Church of Saint Martin. Mudejar. 14th century

Ark of Covenant Restored
The Ark of the Covenant is restored

Excalibur Restored
Sir Bedivere, with considerable reluctance, restores the magic sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake

LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine in a Clapham street
A former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape which was visiting Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London

Athena / Minerva Bust
A colossal head of Minerva, an example of very early Greek sculpture. The goddess is shown in a heavily restored form with later additions of a helmet crest and owl motifs

Avebury Reconstructed
Restored view of the great temple at Abury

Theatre of Dionysos
The restored theatre of Dionysos in Athens

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980. Built as the second TF-15A

Mariga Guinness with derelict Georgian house in Dublin
Mariga Guinness, wife of the president of the Irish Georgian Society, bought her house (freestanding in the background) for 550, and spent 4000 repairing it. Date: 1966

Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX Ay Jijos ! of PEMEX Built as Martin B-26C-20-MO Marauder 41-35071 for the United States Army Air Force, 35071 was modified to AT-23B and later redesignated TB-26C

Aveling and Porter Road Roller DM 3079
Aveling & Porter BHO class Road Roller, regn. DM 3079, number: 7632. Built in 1912 by Aveling & Porter at Rochester, powered by a 5 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Grenadier Guardsman, steam locomotive
Grenadier Guardsman, no. 6110, one of the Royal Scot type locomotives(operational here on the London Midland and Scottish Railway.) Built in 1927, no

St Stephens crypt
Although St Stephens Chapel was destroyed by fire in 1834, the crypt below St Stephens Hall, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, which had fallen into disuse before the fire

Bristol Blenheim IVT G-BPIV - QY-C
Bristol Type 149 Blenheim IVT G-BPIV / QY-C (ex RCAF 10201). A restored Fairchild-built ex RCAF example, representing a Blenheim IVF night-fighter. Date: circa 1990

Wall painting of Fishermen - Phylakopi of Melos
Painting of Fishermen discovered at Fylakopi on Melos - National Museum of Athens, Greece. The original is cylindrical (possibly the base of a wheel-made vase), the image wrapping around the object

Plans, Chateau de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
Plans for the restoration of the logis royaux or royal appartments, 1812, in the collection of the Chateau de Chinon or Forteresse royale de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France

Renoir home, Essoyes, Aube, France
Family home of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France

Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte
Children's prison (centre) and workshops (right), (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Refectory, built 1774, converted in 1813 to a chapel for prisoners (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), restored 2013-15, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux

Desk, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Desk with letters and notebooks, in the bedroom of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne

Bedroom, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Bedroom of Aline, model and wife of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, and native of Essoyes, in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes

Kitchen, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Kitchen of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France

Lounge, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Workshop lounge, a room in an attached barn used 1897-1906 by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes

Crate, Garden studio, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Wooden crate used to transport paintings, with label, in the studio of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in the garden of his family home

Garden studio, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Studio of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in the garden of his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France

Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Family home of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France

Wheelchair, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Wheelchair used by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, displayed in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France

Renoir studio, Essoyes, Aube, France
Studio of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in the garden of his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, Champagne, Aube, Grand Est, France

White Star Line, steamer chair (incised detail)
White Star Line, superb steamer chair by repute from RMS Olympic, of folding form with original foldout footrest. The vendor has had the chair fully restored but in a manner that it has retained its

White Star Line, steamer chair with foldout footrest
White Star Line, superb steamer chair by repute from RMS Olympic, of folding form with original foldout footrest. The vendor has had the chair fully restored but in a manner that it has retained its

Canadian Pacific Railway - Minton ceramic dinner plate, believed to be from the RMS Empress of Ireland. The present owner fully restored the plate, removing the corrosion built up when in the water

Asakusa Park, Tokyo - Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji - an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa Park, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Gwalior Fortress, Madhya Pradesh, India
The road up to Gwalior Fortress, showing the Palace, and the main entrance to the fort. Gwalior Fort is a hill fort in Madhya Pradesh, India that has existed since at least the 10th century

St. Albans Abbey, Restored, Interior
An interior view of the newly restored St. Albans Abbey, 1885. We see a service being given in the restored Nave. This followed revelations earlier in the century that the Cathedral was in dire need

St. Albans Abbey, Restored, Exterior
An exterior view of the newly restored St. Albans Abbey, 1885. This followed revelations earlier in the century that the Cathedral was in dire need of urgent and extensive repairs. Date: 1885

Royal Mail Steamer Chitral
An advertisement illustration for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, showing the luxurious new P. & O. Royal Mail Steamer, ??Chitral

Consolidated B-24J 44-44175
Consolidated B-24J-90-CF 44-44175 (msn 1470), at the Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona. (Delivered to Royal Air Force South East Asia Command as as Liberator GR.Vi KH303)

North American AT-6D Harvard III EZ407 (msn 88-16712), of the Royal Navy Historic Flight at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton

EKW C. 3605 Schlepp C-547
Swiss Air Force - EKW C.3605 Schlepp C-547, at Dubendorf on 30 August 1977. Originally built as an EKW C3603, then converted with turboprop engine to a EKW C-3605 target-tug

Shodfriars Hall, South Street, Boston, Lincolnshire - despite appearances, little is actually left of the original structure following major restoration in 1874

Shakespeare's Birthplace - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Shakespeare's Birthplace - a restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

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