Manor House Wallpaper

Manor House, Manor Farm, Pinn Way, Ruislip. Hillingdon.

Scheduled Ancient Monument. House, Grade II.

Manor Farm, along with the Great Barn and Small Barn (now a library) are listed buildings on an ancient site which belongs to the Borough of Hillingdon. The house is used as an education centre, with interactive, interpretative displays on local history. They wish to restore a section of wallpaper which was discovered in 2007 when a section of Georgian panelling in the entrance hall of the Manor House was removed for repair. English Heritage curator Treve Rosoman has assessed the paper and believes it to be the work of Abraham Price of the Blew Wallpaper Warehouse, Aldermanbury.  It dates from 1700-1710. As its value is largely derived from being left in situ, Manor House would like to have the wallpaper conserved and consolidated where it is, with protective Perspex panels for its display. This is expected to cost £2,300 - as the wallpaper was found after the HLF grant for Manor House was agreed, their funding cannot be used for this project. The Trust has therefore agreed a grant of £2,000 to help with this. As of July 2009 the conservation is currently underway.