Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . or; the rest is given up to the housekeepers room, pantry,butlers room, etc., etc. Let us now mount to the first fioor bythe staircase already described, the walls of which are hung withstamped leather paper, and covered with pictures, which are allof historic or family interest, though the painters were not ofgreat renown. We notice a small head of Charles 1., large por-traits of James II., Mary of Modena, the Duke of Ormonde, etc. On the left, at the top of the staircase, we enter the Drawing-room, which looks over the garden, and is al
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . or; the rest is given up to the housekeepers room, pantry,butlers room, etc., etc. Let us now mount to the first fioor bythe staircase already described, the walls of which are hung withstamped leather paper, and covered with pictures, which are allof historic or family interest, though the painters were not ofgreat renown. We notice a small head of Charles 1., large por-traits of James II., Mary of Modena, the Duke of Ormonde, etc. On the left, at the top of the staircase, we enter the Drawing-room, which looks over the garden, and is altogether a charmingroom. Three large latticed windows almost monopolise oneside, leaving only room between for tv/o glasses (in beautifulChippendale frames). The remaining walls are covered withtapestry of lovely design. It was made in Brussels from cartoonsby Teniers, and was bought out of a palace in Spain by the secondEarl of Bradford some eighty years ago, and it exactly fits theroom. There are two large panels, about 18 x 15 ft., and one 83 Castle Bromwicb 85 On two of the panels the following is the usual Brussels mark : ashield between two Bs ; followed by borcht — , PeterVan der Borght, the Dutch maker. The colouring is wonderfullyvivid, considering that it is over a hundred years old. The ceil-ing is of the same style as those in the Dining-room and Sitting-room, very richly carved in a most elaborate design, the centrepart of it thrown up several feet higher than the rest. We pass on into the Gallery, a long, low room, entirely pan-elled in dark oak ; and here the ceiling is of the more severestyle, similar somewhat to that in the Hall, which is known asthe strap-and-buckle pattern. Bedrooms open out of the Galleryat the far end on either side, and in them we tlnd tapestry andpanelling. In one of the windows of the Gallery are the arms of Sir Ed-ward Devereux and his wife Katherine ; in another, those of SirOrlando and his wife ; and the large w
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