Friday, March 21, 2008

Glimpse inside a lovely home

The late Prime Minister Edward Heath had a lovely home that he loved and that is now opened as a museum, left decorated exactly as when he lived there. I really enjoyed the pictures in the linked article because I share his taste and really like the uplifting decor.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/22/nheath122.xml

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When he first saw it, Heath described it as "love at first sight" and it was the only home he ever owned.

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"Sir Edward adored Arundells," said Stuart Craven, the museum's manager. "He loved to sit in the summer house and unwind."

Mr Craven arrived at Arundells in 1985 to help redesign the two-acre gardens. Special Branch ordered him to quickly plant a screen of large shrubs so that an IRA sniper could not take a shot at the former PM in his upstairs study.