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When there is a true synergy between client, architect and interior designer, the results can be spectacular, and the sensitive renovation of this gracious Georgian villa in Kensington is a case in point. Every detail, from ebonised bookcases lined in Ottoman silk to intricate new cornicing that chimes with the building’s Georgian heritage, has been tailored

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