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He was seriously injured in 1935 and it was during his convalescence that he put his artistic talents to good use restoring this house which had been stored in a friend's cellar. The house was in very bad condition. He found the date when it had been made, 1783, by the kitchen fireplace under a layer of paint together with the initials M.J.D. Despite the neglect suffered, the house had retained many of its original features, in particular the mantlepieces in each room and the perfect moulded cornices and door frames, the doors themselves being two panelled. Underneath the many layers of paint Denton Welch found the small red bricks which were originally painted on the house. He was probably responsible for decorating the fanlight which was usually painted or left plain in houses of the period. The stairs are made of oak with replacement balusters. As with most 18th century houses the central panel is fixed, with a door opening on each side. 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Found languishing in a cellar it was restored by Denton Welch in the 1940s.\n\nMildred Bonsanquet's great-grandmother, Mary Dawson, born in 1779 in Bolton Hall, Bolton-By-Bowland, Yorkshire, may be the MJD whose intitials are found in the house. She would have been four years old in 1783, the date inscribed. Mary Dawson married Anthony Littledale in 1809. \n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dolls' house made in England in 1783 and restored by Denton Welch in the 1930s","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Mary Dawson was four years old when this house was made. 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