Estate maps, plans, account books, inventories and family papers record centuries of a house and its land. We scan them whole, restore what needs it and make them easy to use.
Large-format scanning of plans of the house, park and farms.
Bound volumes scanned without cutting.
Loose papers and letters scanned and indexed.
Fragile items repaired by hand with acid-free materials.
Prints for the house, the shop or the visitor route.
Plans traced into maps for managing the estate today.
Our studio is in Northamptonshire, a county of great houses, and estate collections are among our favourite work. At Boughton House, the English Versailles, the park plans of around 1705 were scanned and restored so the park can be replanted 300 years on.
For farms and estates that need to prove their land, we also scan the maps, deeds and field books that show what has been held, field by field.
We can collect from the house and return everything safely, or scan on a schedule that suits the family and the archivist.
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The original plans of the park at Boughton House, the “English Versailles”, scanned and restored to their colours, from which the park is being replanted 300 years on.
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Household inventories from 1703 and a duchess’s travel diaries, scanned, transcribed and made searchable, with software we wrote to help read them.
Tell us what you hold, and we will suggest the best way to preserve it.