The Hall is a fine, almost unaltered 17th-century house. There are 18 rooms open to the public. Visitors enter through the Main Door and begin in the Morning Room, with its collection of family portraits and on through the Great Hall with superb stained glass windows. From here visitors pass through the Dining Room and the enriched splendour of the Drawing Room with its fine seascapes. Eventually visitors enter the Cabinet which houses one of the Trust’s most complete Grand Tour collections and one of the largest by a single artist (Busiri, who specialised in gouache painting).
Upstairs the Library with its recently reinstated ceiling is outstanding with a superb collection of books built up by successive generations and continued by the last squire who replenished many of the gaps created by early 20th century sales. Following the route through the Yellow, Rose and Red bedrooms the visitor comes to the Chinese Bedroom with its fabulous hand painted 18th-century Chinese wallpaper, conserved in 2003.
©NTPL / Nadia Mackenzie
Life below stairs is well represented by the kitchen with its vast array of copperware and the early 16th-century charcoal stove. The servant’s wing and especially the Estate Office were in use until the death of the last squire.
©NTPL / Nadia Mackenzie
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