Pause just before you enter the House, turn and marvel at the view through the pillars of Adam's extraordinary portico.

The superb Entrance Hall was created in 1767. It fulfils Adam's great desire to bring 'movement' of shapes, light and shadow to a space. Its rectangular shape is enhanced by semicircular alcoves at each end, both with a fireplace flanked by niches filled with statues.

Constructed as an all-purpose room, the Hall was used as a saloon, reception room and occasional dining room.

Stucco panels of military trophies adorn the walls, inspired by the marble trophies of Octavianus Augustus on the Campidoglio in Rome. Adam created similar stucco trophies for the vestibule at nearby Syon Park.

The patterned floor is fashioned in white Portland stone and red sandstone. The chimney pieces, also in Portland stone, are embellished with the Child family crest of an eagle holding an adder in its beak.

Today the Hall is licensed for civil wedding ceremonies.