Memory 4 - The Challenge of Modernising Stately Homes

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🗓️ 13 March 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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In these ‘Memories’ episodes, Emma has selected some of her most treasured memories from the Duchess podcast. This week, we revisit Blenheim Palace where the Duchess and Lady Henrietta Spencer Churchill discussed the challenge of modernising stately homes. In the full episode, we hear how the Palace came to be against all odds, the ladies talk about Henrietta’s distinguished lineage and her memories of Winston Churchill, and we are taken on a tour of the incredible architecture and interiors of Blenheim. Listen to the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lady-henrietta-spencer-churchill-of-blenheim-palace/id1551120994?i=1000509616809 Resources: https://www.blenheimpalace.com/ https://www.belvoircastle.com/ https://www.onefineplay.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.2	I mean, one thing that I always find embarrassing, and I know you've had the same problem at Beaver as having en-sweet bathrooms or even shower rooms, because Blenham, you know, was not built to install
1:13.8	plumbing. A lot of the floors are solid, the walls are solid and you can't just suddenly
1:18.8	plonk a bathroom somewhere. You've got to think about the drain runs and where everything goes.
1:23.2	So some people, especially in the Americans, are quite horrified.
1:27.8	A, they don't get a bathroom on suite.
1:30.8	And B, they don't have a power shower.
1:32.8	No, we have exactly that problem.
1:35.3	Luckily, the eighth duchess, so I'm the 11th, put in the bathrooms.
1:39.7	But if you look at the architecture of BIVA, they're literally hanging off the side of the building with
1:45.8	big brackets holding these we have we have the same in a courtyard there's a couple of bathrooms
1:51.1	which is supported on stilts which i mean planners would have a field day today but and like you
1:56.8	i have managed to get a bathroom in a broom cupboard at times so it fits in.
2:02.0	Actually, I remember when I luckily had the pleasure of staying with you at Beaver for a shoot once,
2:07.0	I was in a bedroom and there was a little shower room within a bedroom.
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