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A Sparkling Appeal
Devon Life
|May 2017
Remarkable chandeliers in a Sidmouth hotel are the focus of a restoration appeal, as ANNETTE SHAW explains.
THERE is only one reaction on first visiting the Music Room at the Sidholme Hotel. WOW! Close your eyes and picture a ball, a waltz, and high above the dancers hundreds of glass prism-style drops spin light and rainbows...
Tucked away, in grounds bordering a housing estate in Sidmouth, lies an absolute treasure - probably the best collection of chandeliers in Devon.
John McGregor is Chairman of the Friends of Sidholme Music Room and his enthusiasm for a project that will restore the grandeur to this beautiful room is highly infectious. “I’ve always had a great feeling for heritage and history. The more I learn about this house, the more I want to know!”
This story is from the May 2017 edition of Devon Life.
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