• An antique on suite bathroom in Pineheath. The world inhabited by Sir Dhunjibhoy and Lady Bomanji has been found almost perfectly preserved in their 40-bedroom mansion in the picturesque spa town of Harrogate.
    An antique on suite bathroom in Pineheath. The world inhabited by Sir Dhunjibhoy and Lady Bomanji has been found almost perfectly preserved in their 40-bedroom mansion in the picturesque spa town of Harrogate.
  • Personalised luggage. Today it is a time capsule, untouched since the death of Lady Bomanji in 1985, but with much of the interior and contents dating from the 1920s.
    Personalised luggage. Today it is a time capsule, untouched since the death of Lady Bomanji in 1985, but with much of the interior and contents dating from the 1920s.
  • Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji was a true son of the British Raj. A Parsee shipping magnate from Bombay, knighted for his philanthropy, he was as comfortable in the countryside of his adopted Yorkshire as in his native India. MacGregor / Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
    Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji was a true son of the British Raj. A Parsee shipping magnate from Bombay, knighted for his philanthropy, he was as comfortable in the countryside of his adopted Yorkshire as in his native India. MacGregor / Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
  • Pre-decimalisation kitchen equipment. Still in the kitchen are sets of heavy-metal weights for scales, an antique cake-decorating set and a wall-mounted coffee grinder.
    Pre-decimalisation kitchen equipment. Still in the kitchen are sets of heavy-metal weights for scales, an antique cake-decorating set and a wall-mounted coffee grinder.
  • A local businessman has bought the house and plans to restore it as a family home.
    A local businessman has bought the house and plans to restore it as a family home.
  • Pineheath is where the Bomanjis would spend the autumn months, after a summer at their home in Windsor and before leaving to winter in Poona. Today it is a time capsule, untouched since the death of Lady Bomanji in 1985, but with much of the interior and contents dating from the 1920s.
    Pineheath is where the Bomanjis would spend the autumn months, after a summer at their home in Windsor and before leaving to winter in Poona. Today it is a time capsule, untouched since the death of Lady Bomanji in 1985, but with much of the interior and contents dating from the 1920s.

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In pictures: Inside the Harrogate mansion that time forgot

The National staff

September 16, 2013

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