The study
This is the room where Shaw did his business work: signing licences, correspondence and checking proofs.

Interesting things here are: a full set of the works of William Morris, given to Shaw by Morris' daughter May; photographs of Gene Tunney and Sean O'Casey, diverse friends of Shaw's; the door knob from Lady Augusta Gregory's house, Coole Park, which was burnt down.

It was at Coole Park that Augustus John painted his series of Shaw portraits, in 1915. A collection of tools reveals Shaw's love of gadgets.

Entrance hall
A collection of Shaw's famous hats is inside the front door. He wore wool felt hats in summer and straw hats in winter, according to a maid.

Shaw used the Bechstein piano there to play and sing old Italian operas, especially during the war with planes droning overhead. His wife Charlotte, 'liked to lie in her room upstairs and listen to him', his secretary Miss Patch recalled.