BENCHMARK HOUSE HISTORIES

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Tring HP23 5AU

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House history research for private home owners

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Specialists in the research and writing of property histories presented in bespoke coffee table books

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Tring; Herts; UK; house histories; house history; heritage; property histories; property history; property history research; benchmark; benchmark house histories; historical; home owners; property history books; house history research; architectural

Tring; Herts; UK; house histories; house history; heritage; property histories; property history; property history research; benchmark; benchmark house histories; historical; home owners; property history books; house history research; architectural

Tring; Herts; UK; house histories; house history; heritage; property histories; property history; property history research; benchmark; benchmark house histories; historical; home owners; property history books; house history research; architectural

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Thrilled to be featured in the Financial Times @ft_houseandhome with @bucksresearch in a piece about house histories!

An excellent article by @emmafmagnus!

It's online now and in the paper TOMORROW/Saturday!

We are passionate about researching th

Thrilled to be featured today in the FT @ft_houseandhome with @bucksresearch in a piece about house histories!

It's online now and in the paper TOMORROW/Saturday!

Thanks to @emmafmagnus for putting together an excellent piece!

We are passionate a

Our Churchull House book was such an interesting project ...

Clementine Ogilvy Hozier lived at 107 (previously number 85) High Street in Berkhamsted from 1900-1904 and later married Winston Churchill. After his death in 1965 she was created a life

Bowled over by this beautiful wall painting in the kitchen of our new project, a manor house in Hampshire - can't wait to unravel its past!

#coatofarms #crest #heraldic #familycrest #mural #murals #wallpainting #wallpaintings #muralpainting #househ

Churchill House - a lovely local project (in Berkhamsted) we worked on a few years ago, with a very interesting history. A Grade II listed, early 19th century townhouse that was once the home of Clementine Ogilvy Hozier who was later to marry Winston

We are delighted to have a feature in @inigo.house's Almanac! See link in bio

#inigohouse #inigo #almanac #historichomes #historichomes #househistories #propertyhistory #propertyhistories #carolfulton #cathysoughton #tring #architecturalhistorian #a

Cathy will be talking about #househistories on Bab Michel's show on @bbcoxford at around 12.10 so if you want to get some top tips join her then! The newly released #1921census may get a mention too.

#AGRAGenealogy
#1921census #1921 #benchmarkhouse

Thrilled to be featured in Dutch weekly news magazine Elsevier Weekblad this week! Particularly as I'm half Dutch! The piece, by Patrick van Lonkhuijzen, revolves around a house we researched recently that had been the home of three generations of wh

Save 15th century Grade I listed buildings in Kent - in the beautiful village of Wye - from developers. Please sign - see LINK IN BIO
#wye #kent #15thcentury #oldbuildings #oldbuilding #gradeone #grade1listed #listedproperty #listedproperties #histor

HIRING HISTORIANS TO ADD VALUE TO YOUR HOUSE: article in MoneyWeek 19 April issue (p. 12) - a version of our Telegraph piece by Yohannes Lowe from a couple of weeks ago - sadly they didn't mention us this time, but good for business all the same! Tha

Lovely piece about us in The Telegraph today - thank you so much #yohanneslowe for putting together such a great article! SEE LINK IN BIO!
#househistoryresearch #househistory #househistories #propertyhistories #propertyportraits #architecturalhistor

We are very lucky to have a 5-page article in the current/April issue of Hertfordshire Life magazine! Written by Laura Vickers, it features our Berkhamsted project about the home where Clementine Hozier (who went on to marry Winston Churchill) lived

One of our recent projects that Cathy posted about on her genealogy page:

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Latest wall history produced with @benchmarkhousehistories and framed by @julessainterframer1 for a client. This one was of a lovely l

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1870s photo of newly built Rothschild cottages in Cheddington. With @benchmarkhousehistories we've just completed a house history for another Rothschild cottage in the village. There are so many in the Vale of

OUT NOW! One of the "7 marvellous ideas for Mother's Day" in March issue of Berkshire Life magazine (link in bio)! #househistories #propertyhistories #propertyhistory #oldhouses #goldproperty #goldproperties #mothersday #mothersdaygiftideas

*** TOMORROW AFTERNOON *** Cathy will be on @wycombesound radio between 1-4pm talking about family and house histories with writer David Kidd-Hewitt. 106.6 FM #106.6FM #househistories #househistoryresearch #housedetective #houses #propertyhistory #pr

Lovely feature in Arqadia's Autumn issue of 4walls magazine! We use their beautiful decorative mouldings for our framed house histories!
@4wallsbyarqadia @oneblackbear
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#arqadia #4walls #oneblackbear
#4wallsbyarqadia #househistories #ho

... another wallpaper fragment from during the renovation of the rectory we researched #House #HouseHistory #HouseHistories #HouseHistorian #HouseHistorians #PropertyHistory #PropertyHistorians #PropertyHistorian #English #EnglishCountryHouse #Englis

More beautiful wallpaper from the same rectory we researched, found during its renovation #History #HouseHistory #PropertyHistory #Property #PropertyRenovation #Renovation #Wallpaper #Interiors #Botanical #Green #Leaves #Leaf #Houses #English #Tring

Beautiful old wallpaper found during the renovation of a rectory we researched #house #househistory #househistories #English #Rectory #Interiors #Wallpaper #History #Property #PropertyHistory #Distressed #Renovation #HouseRenovation #OldHouse #OldPro