article_snippet: An Art-deco party palace renowned for An Art-deco party palace glamorous soirees 80 years ago is being brought back to life with a £1.7million makeover.
article_snippet: Those attending the glamorous soirees of the 1930s would have arrived in this spectacular entrance hall -  one of the many rooms that has undergone refurbishment .
article_snippet: English Heritage have carried out a £1.7million makeover of the property - bringing original features such as this billiard room back to life .
article_snippet: Work has also been undertaken to recreate the 1930s garden, which sits among the ruins of Eltham Palace.
article_snippet: Historic: Work has also been undertaken to recreate the property's 1930s garden, which sits among the ruins of a millionaire's party palace .
article_snippet: Over the following two centuries it was used as a farm and a substantial villa was built in the early 19th century.
article_snippet: At one point the great hall was being shored up with props and was being used as a barn even in 1903.
article_snippet: their transformed the grounds, which are now a mix of 1930s design and medieval remains.
article_snippet: Cressida Diez-Finch, English Heritage interpretation manager, said the refurbishment aimed to give people a real sense of what the 1930s palace would have been like.
article_snippet: Before the makeover, 'the makeover was beautiful, but the makeover was very static, so you didn't get the sense of the people and fun and parties, which was really what it was about', she said. '
article_snippet: English Heritage is appealing for the £35,000 needed for expert conservators to fully restore and protect the room, which gives a glimpse into a bygone age of luxury travel that saw the Courtaulds heading abroad for months each year, often on their yacht.