Longthorpe Tower: Wall Painting Conservation

Find out the history behind the wall paintings at Longthorpe Tower in Cambridgeshire, and how conservationists from the Courtauld Institute of Art are currently restoring them using original techniques. Learn the science behind the restoration process and watch the paintings be restored before your eyes.
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[@I_am_Lauren]

I'm a curator and this historical work makes me so giddy and excited like a little school girl! I love delving in to different layers of conservation and following best practices to preserve things for as long as possible.

[@StayVCA98]

English Heritage also do conservation?!?! It would be delightful if you do more kinds of this videos!!!

[@PLuMUK54]

It would be wonderful if a video could be produced showing what these painting might have looked like when completed. I remember watching on television how they recreated the original appearance of the tapestries at Hampton Court, and that was startling.

[@davidevans3227]

yeah i was hoping for a bit of computer wizardry.. showing us what it might have looked like.. this video is a few years old, wonder what it looks like now...? i think i saw the Hampton court programme.

[@rachelball1174]

Thank you for giving us this look at how the restoration is done. I find it fascinating.

[@debbieboring3422]

Thank you for insight into how they are using current techniques to look into the work without having to damage the original.

[@patrickdoak7813]

Looking forward to seeing the end result. Thank you!

[@rebekahfowler2958]

I live near Peterborough but only, discovered it a while ago. It is so exciting to see the paintings so close. They are awe inspiring. It's a lovely place and so interesting to see how they conserve them.

[@thegourmetgrandadandfamily]

It's all very interesting to get so much knowledge ...

[@peachfreude]

I hope you guys post some updates on this conservation in the future

[@astroranger5528]

I'm sure I spotted Mrs. Crocombe in one of the paintings. ;)

[@miguelluis483]

People usually think of castles as being purelly military structures, purelly functional, but they have that artistic part too

[@rebekahfowler2958]

It's not a castle. It was part of a residence.

[@miguelluis483]

@@rebekahfowler2958 isn't a castle a fortified residence? Isn't this residence fortified?

[@rebekahfowler2958]

Miguel Luis . I don't think it was fortified, but I could be wrong. It was an added addition to a residence. Maybe it was like a folly. Maybe they were saying look how rich we are. The man was a sheriff of Northampton and Peterborough, I think. He could have held meeting in it The place was definitely meant to be seen from the inside.

[@miguelluis483]

@@rebekahfowler2958 according to Wikipedia the tower was an addition to a fortified manor house. And if you think about it, it only makes sense for a medieval wealthy person to fortify their house. Non fortified palaces began to appear only in the late 1500s.

[@miguelluis483]

1400s, I mean

[@00cuckoo00]

Is it just me or does that one narrator sound like Snape XD

[@surr.2840]

Yup 😂😂

[@emmalucinda433]

I thought I was the only one!

[@melissasaint3283]

Was just coming to say this, especially because chemistry would be the crossover skill😄

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[@LadyJ_88]

Narrator sounds a bit like Alan Rickman & I'm here for it

[@albertoascari2542]

Glad it wasnt destroyed in the turbulance of the 1500's. So much history lost in this country by Wars, town planners etc. When visit the Heritage sites it would be nice to see towers, castles, monastery's in better condition