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Heritage

A cottage in Bradford on Avon

Limewash and distemper throughout a 17th-century weaver's cottage.

Where

Bradford on Avon

Rooms

Whole cottage

Time taken

2 weeks

The same cottage room after: soft, cloudy ochre limewash with the beams cleaned
The cottage room before: modern paint blistering and flaking off a damp wall
BeforeAfter

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The job

Damp patches kept coming back under modern paint. We took the walls back to lime, let them dry, and finished in limewash outside and soft distemper inside. The damp has gone.

They explained everything, and the walls have finally stopped flaking.

Anna, Bradford on Avon

Colours used

Sydney Ochre

Prior Park White

Tithe Barn Brown

A 17th-century cottage room in warm ochre limewash with dark oak beams, a decorator at work
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