It’s a leak that has plagued the grand country mansion for almost two centuries.
Year after year, moisture seeped into the roof of Kingston Lacy house – confounding experts who carried out numerous reports on the issue.
But at last they have got to the bottom of the problem, discovering a design flaw by a renowned master architect.
Sir Charles Barry, best known for his work on the Houses of Parliament, was commissioned to design a new cupola to top the 17th-century country house in 1835. However, he designed the windows of the dome-shaped structure to be glazed ‘inside out’.
According to the National
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