Work for a Baroness in Eaton Square in London, led Christopher to the home of the ex Ambassador to Russia; a splendid grade 11* listed mansion on the outskirts of Liverpool. The commission, although not particularly large in financial terms, was nevertheless very demanding and involved the sensitive restoration of the North Wing housing a library; that for family reasons, had been sealed since the seventeenth century.

Inside, Christopher found several hundred first additions in their original brown waxed covers.