Consultancy

Patrick Baty runs Papers and Paints, a company specialising in all aspects of house paint and architectural colour.  His main interest, however, is in the paints and colours used in buildings between ca.1650 and ca.1850. 

Affiliations

Patrick is a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group and a founding member of both The Architectural Paint Group and The Traditional Paint Forum.

He is also a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and of the Royal Society of Arts.

Consultancy

During the last fifteen years he has been employed as a consultant on over one hundred projects in Grade 1 and 2* listed buildings throughout the United Kingdom.  A number of jobs have also been carried out in the United States.  Projects have ranged from advising on the appropriate paint colours for buildings of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, to a full technical analysis of the painted decoration in order to establish the original/earlier colour schemes.

Clients have included:

• private house-owners; 
• architects and developers; 
• government bodies;
• local authorities;
• private clubs and institutions;
• the Crown;
• local and national museums;
• local and national amenity organisations.

A varied list of projects has included:

• many sets of railings;
• a London bridge;
• a Second World War RAF station;
• several major post-fire restorations;
• an early 18th century Royal Privy Garden;
• researching paint colours in general use between 1650 and 1930 for the subsequent Dulux Heritage range;
• the colours used on the exteriors of a number of country estates;
• interiors associated with historical or influential figures (George Frideric Handel, Benjamin Franklin, the Earl of Clarendon and Jimi Hendrix - amongst many others).

See more about other consultancy work Papers and Paints does

Lecturing

Writing

Some Published Works

Current Research Topics

To discuss your consultancy requirements please contact Patrick Baty at enquiries@papers-paints.co.uk