{"id":408,"date":"2013-06-04T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2013-06-04T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:59:35","slug":"may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Victorian Eastern Steps in front of Knebworth House were being restored, whilst the main house looked on jealously!\u00a0 We have been able to tackle the Eastern Steps thanks to a grant from The Country Houses Foundation and some match funding from The Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust.\u00a0 The grant had to be for a specific project, so the house itself was not eligible, but it is heartening to see progress in such a visible and prominent position.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0If you have ten minutes, and the internet to hand, you may enjoy a piece of film I found this weekend from the mid-1980s. \u00a0I have up loaded it on <a title=\"Knebworth House Preservation\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/mV8q30enkYA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> as \u201cKnebworth House \u2013 preserving its fabric and legacy &#8211; 1985\u201d\u00a0 \u2013 you should be able to find it by searching \u201cKnebworth House Preservation\u201d on the YouTube home page.\u00a0 It shows how much progress has been made since the birth of The Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust charity at that time, but also how many of the issues remain unchanged 28 years later.\u00a0 It features my grandparents, Kim and Hermione, and those who knew them will enjoy seeing them.\u00a0 It also features some 1980s hair on yours truly that Conservation Officers, I imagine, would not suggest is restored to its original design!<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\">www.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Victorian Eastern Steps in front of Knebworth House were being restored, whilst the main house looked on jealously!\u00a0 We have been able to tackle the Eastern Steps thanks to a grant from The Country Houses Foundation and some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=408\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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