“Paint is far from boring and provides clues to a building’s history that few understand,” says Patrick.

In this talk, Patrick will explain why he is often referred to as ‘The Paint Detective’.  The wide range and type of projects that he is faced with – from Tudor gardens to 1960s housing estates - will be outlined together with a brief explanation of the process of analysis.

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An account will be given of a house, with discreet Royal connections, where he could prove that a pair of doors had come from a long-demolished building, hundreds of miles away – from the paint alone.  He will also provide an update on a 15-year project at Stowe and will describe the finding of a hidden mural in the Chelsea house owned by the painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler.