07-05-2015 15:42 via theguardian.com

Clandon Park 'miraculously' retains Speakers' Parlour after fire

National Trust says Hogarth painting and state bed hangings are also saved from 18th-century stately home reduced to burnt-out shellOne of the most important rooms at the 18th-century Clandon Park mansion “miraculously survived” a devastating fire more than a week ago, the National Trust says. Treasured objects in the Speaker’s Room in the Grade-I listed property, near Guildford, Surrey, have also been saved, along with other parts of the collection rescued in the salvage operation at the
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