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18 March 2013, Max Davidson writing in the Daily Telegraph, Need a four-poster bed? Dormy House hotel auctions off contents Don’t dismiss builders’ skips. You may not find a Chippendale desk, but you might collar a restorable sofa. Always ask the builder or house owner for permission first.

I may add that absurd practice of cutting turf without any regularity; whereby great quantities of restorable land are made utterly desperate, many thousands of cattle destroyed, the turf more difficult to come at and carry home, and less fit for burning; the air made unwholesome by stagnating pools and marshes; and the very sight of such places offensive to those who ride by.

1724, The Drapier’s Letters, Jonathan Swift, section 7

The carriage was surveyed and re-sheeted just over a decade ago, when it was deemed restorable. However, exposure has since led to a rapid deterioration. including the detachment of side panels.

2023 March 8, “Network News: Unique LNWR survivor offered for restoration”, in RAIL, number 978, page 27