Sentence examples for retaining original from inspiring English sources

The £6.3m restoration project has transformed the 1927 lido, while retaining original features such as turnstiles and wooden changing cubicles.

This preserved medieval hall house offers the mod cons while retaining original timberwork, beamed ceilings and uneven floors.

Gentrifiers restore brick and stone, hang carriage lamps, refinish wood, and install new kitchens and bathrooms while retaining original molding, light fixtures and door knobs.

The current owners have renovated the house over the past 10 years, retaining original features, and have decorated rooms with Chinese and Orientalist themes and antiques.

Dating to 1737, the property was in ruins when discovered in 2006 by the current owners, who undertook a three-year restoration retaining original historic features and incorporating modern elements like two pools, a sauna and a screening room.

With the help of local contractors, she added a spiral staircase to the property's central courtyard and renovated the lower two floors, saving materials that could be reused where possible and retaining original features, including windows and doors.

It retains original heart-pine floors, beadboard and trim.

Both buildings retain original like wood doors and hand-painted tiles.

And it helped because we ended up having to retain original detail, clean it up and leave it as is".

Once a side entrance, the lobby will retain original marble walls and floors and ornamental elevator doors decorated with pierced fretwork and rosettes.

The once-abandoned elementary school is now one of Portland's quirkiest hotels, with 57 guestrooms that still retain original features such as chalkboards and cloakrooms.