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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 28, 2015January 22, 2023

“Fine in every last detail”

Mavisbank House has survived against all the odds.

Today its future remains in doubt.

Peter’s short films about Mavisbank House [please click on each image to play a different film]

Repeats its love:

So many summers:

The older you are:

‘Toad of Toad Hall’:

A short story of a long life:

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