On the night of the fire
In addition to our salvage discoveries more than 400 items were saved from the house on the night of the fire. They included:
• Painting of Speaker Arthur Onslow and Sir Robert Walpole, by Sir James Thornhill and William Hogarth (1730)
• Board listing the rules to be observed in the servants’ hall
• Painting of an ostrich, oil on canvas, by Francis Barlow
• Bible printed by John Basket
• A pair of giltwood side tables made in about 1725
• Silver, including pieces by noted silversmith Paul Storr
• The hangings of the Clandon Park state bed, made in about 1710
• Set of hall chairs featuring the Onslow crest. A number of personal Onslow family items were also rescued including a metal prisoner-of-war identity badge worn by the 6th Earl of Onslow in Offlag 79, a POW camp where he was imprisoned during the Second World War. The 4th Countess of Onslow's dinner book of guests was also recovered.