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In June of 2014 the Historic New England heritage organization performed much needed maintenance on the Barrett House  in New Ipswich, NH. They repaired the roof, fixed broken shutters and scraped and painted the entire building. They took great pains to ensure that the  shutters were fixed exactly as they had been. However they did not use the white lead paint that was originally used on buildings till it was fully banned in the U.S. in 1978. I was told by the workman that the original lead paint was very weather resistant and long lasting. The only issue was its toxicity. Freshly painted shutters at the Barrett House in 2014  The New Ipswich Historical Society has photos of a Paint Shop that was located on Manly Road. The photos are not dated but a note was made that it burned on October 3, 1901. It was owned by Lauriston M. P. Hardy. If they manufactured paint it was probably lead based. The National Register listing for the New Ipswich Center Village ...

The Europeans is a 1979 British Merchant Ivory Film , directed by James Ivory Several scenes were filmed at Barrett House and Bullard-Barr House in New Ipswich, NH Robin Ellis and Lee Remick filming a shot around the Central Cemetery Film crew The film crew complained about the sound of my camera shutter. I replied the chain saw in the distance was much louder. I was not going to pass up an opportunity like this. It was fairly cold when they filmed this. Apparently Lee Remick had a hot water bottle. I took the opportunity to meet Robin Ellis since at the time I was huge fan of the BBC series Poldark

Historic New England has been repainting the Barrett House in New Ipswich, NH Most of the primer coat has been applied which will be followed by 2 finish coats Light green primer on the shutters, followed by a dark green finish coat The shutters required a lot of repair, many slats were missing or damaged Appropriate beverage for New Ipswich