The design by Simon Spencer for a built in book case cornice with dentil and patrea having fluted upper pilasters on deep returned pilaster base pediments and rebated lower pilasters

Returned corner bookcase shelving and cupboard.

The panelled doors of this lower section of the built in book shelves, have been painted to compliment the stained oak floor.  There was a “double skirting” to conceal the difference in the floor levels.  Design details that make the distinctive finish. 

Painting Detail

Simon Spencer’s design for the detailed work in this fitted bookcase for the library has given the decorative painter the opportunity to use his extraordinary skills to the utmost.   This is only possible because Simon Spencer’s designs are detailed and are then made to the high standards demanded by the decorative painters. 

An arched panelled doorway opening with fielded panels between the two built in book cases.

A minimalist style of built in book case pilaster and shelf facings.

Panel details for Library fireplace surround

A deep waist-top moulding below the built in book shelves with decorative fielded and beaded lower pilasters.

Pilaster head and double cornice details for the Research Library

A double returned fluted main pilaster heads with returned cornice and square motif over the bookcase pilasters and on the cornice facia

The decorative cornice of the built in bookcase was cut square to allow for the curtain and the pelmet.