Alfriston Clergy House of the nascent, but unknown, National Trust to see if it might be interested in taking on the Clergy House. The SPAB put him in touch with Canon Rawnsley, one of the National Trust's founders. Before the Trust decided to acquire the building another founder of the Trust, Octavia Hill, contacted the Society for advice. In her letter she said that they "will be asked to 'restore' it, so far as that odious word means preserve from decay of course we should wish to do so." This dislike of damaging 19th century restoration practices was confirmed by the National Trust
Andrew Rawnsley in "The Observer" from 21 February and published in book form on 1 March 2010. It attracted controversy by alleging that the prime minister, Gordon Brown, physically attacked members of his staff. An expanded paperback edition, taking the story up to the day of Gordon Brown's resignation after the 2010 general election, was published on 30 September 2010. In 1990 he married Jane Hall in Cambridge. They have three daughters: Olivia, Jessica and Cordelia (born October 1991, January 1994 and March 1997). Rawnsley became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2001. Andrew Rawnsley Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley