Richmond House for sale 1997
The Birmingham Post
Rooms offer a hair raising treat
Richmond House, High Street was advertised for sale in The Birmingham Post 1997 at a price of £225,000. The advert made reference to two ‘wig rooms’. These original powder rooms were where ‘ fashion conscious’ previous occupants donned their elaborate wigs…The careful dusting of the fancy coiffures gave the name to these powder rooms, later used euphemistically, mainly in the US, for the smallest room’. The powder rooms are located in the corners of two of the existing bedrooms. Richmond house was at one time the village Post Office.
Creator
The Birmingham PostDate of creation
1997Date of coverage
5th April 1997Place
Mickleton, High Street, Richmond HouseCopyright
Birmingham PostLicense
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1873Format
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