Slide 6 - Entering the house by the door in the west wing we are shown into the Entrance Hall, or Gallery, which was added, as stated, the 18th century by Vanbrugh.
It conforms in all its details to the severely classic style prevailing at that…
Slide 7 - But the great feature of the Tudor building at Gilling is the Great Chamber or present Dining room, which was made by Sir William Fairfax during Elizabeth's reign. Probably there is nothing more complete in original design and workmanship…
Slide 8 - The three-storied Mantelpiece reaches to the ceiling. It contains the heraldic achievements of the Fairfax shield and crest, also the arms of Queen Elizabeth are high aloft over it. The frieze is decorated with the arms of the gentry of the…
Slide 9 - The finishing touch is given to this fine apartment by the unrivalled display of painted glass in the here great windows. The south window is the richest and best preserved, as every light is painted glass, and in it we find a clue to its…
Slide 8 - The kitchen is a spacious apartment. It is fitted up with all the necessary appliances for the efficient catering of the establishment.
At one end is a gallery, supported on two octagonal wooded pillars, with ornamental carved capitals and…
Slide 15: The interior of this fine old Mansion is most interesting, bearing come similarity to Haddon Hall. In the room known as "Lady Betty Hasting's Room" is a fine panelled oaken mantelpiece, bearing the date 1588, and the initials W.W, and E.W.,…
Slide 13: A door out of the Saloon leads into the Dining Room. The walls are wainscoted in oak formed into large panels. At the end of the room is an arched recess which forms an effective feature. The mantelpiece is a good example of work of the…
Slide 12: Having viewed the exterior of the house, let us now enter this ancestral home by the principle door facing the Quadrangle. On entering we pass through a pair of swing doors direct into the Saloon, a spacious apartment, filled with costly…
Slide 5 - Ascending the staircase with its broad flights of oak steps and massive handrail and balusters we enter one of the bedrooms, in which is an old fashioned bedstead, draped in the orthodox manner of bygone days, and the remainder of the room…
Slide 12. Quoting again from 'Shirley' . . . . . .. She continues - 'And I cannot but secretly applaud the benevolent barbarian who had painted another and larger apartment - the Drawing Room to wit, formerly also an oak room - of a delicately pinky…
Slide 7. The Oakwell property passed out of the hands of the Batt's early in the eighteenth century, and afterwards came into the possession of another celebrity, Fairfax Fearnely, Esq., a sessions Lawyer of great repute and indomitable spirit. In…
Slide 5 - The sumptuous character of the decorations and general appointments of the Saloon are again seen in this slide, which shows one corner of the room.
The rich and elaborate colouring to the ceiling, cornice and frieze, are especially fine,…
Slide 4 - The great saloon, which we now enter, measures 44 feet by 31 feet, is very handsomely decorated in the Italian style, and is said to have been completed in Sir John Goodricke's time. It is adorned with large wall paintings copied from some…
Slide 9: It is a fine apartment, and very characteristic of the period at which it was built, namely the early part of the 18th century. The furniture in the room has a substantial and homely character about it. Over the mantle-piece are the arms…