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I imagine that when Richard Glenton
first got the keys to this house, this would have been the room
that he was most excited to see. There were catalogues at the time,
just like this one, and because Richard was the first
owner of this house he would have had the chance to have
selected the cornicing and the other decorative features. And the whole idea was to make
rooms like this into statements about their owners, about their refinement
and their taste. The plaster cornicing would have
been elaborately ornate... ..with a ceiling rose
in a matching style. And there would have been
a fireplace, too. Marble, I'd imagine
first got the keys to this house, this would have been the room
that he was most excited to see. There were catalogues at the time,
just like this one, and because Richard was the first
owner of this house he would have had the chance to have
selected the cornicing and the other decorative features. And the whole idea was to make
rooms like this into statements about their owners, about their refinement
and their taste. The plaster cornicing would have
been elaborately ornate... ..with a ceiling rose
in a matching style. And there would have been
a fireplace, too. Marble, I'd imagine
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I imagine that when Richard Glenton
first got the keys to this house,
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this would have been the room
that he was most excited to see.
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There were catalogues at the time,
just like this one,
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and because Richard was the first
owner of this house
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he would have had the chance to have
selected the cornicing
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and the other decorative features.
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And the whole idea was to make
rooms like this
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into statements about their owners,
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about their refinement
and their taste.
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The plaster cornicing would have
been elaborately ornate...
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..with a ceiling rose
in a matching style.
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And there would have been
a fireplace, too.
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Marble, I'd imagine.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
