Slide 21 - The State, or King James's State Room, is another fine apartment, the walls of which are wainscoted in oak, formed into large panels with enriched arches and borders, and pilasters between. The ceiling is divided up into a graceful…
Slide 22 - What formally was used as a Natural History Museum, in the last Baronet's time, (Sir Henry Somerville Boynton, who died in 1899) is now called the White Drawing Room.
As will be noticed, this apartment possesses features of a severe…
Slide 23 - In the room at the top of the House, now used as a schoolroom or day nursery, is a fine mantle piece, the upper part having various coat of arms and emblematic figures carved into it.
This room is wainscoted with oak, but unfortunately it…
Slide 24 - And now we come to one of the most important apartments of the mansion - the Kitchen - the place from which all the creature comforts and sustenance required to supply the bodily wants of all the inmates of the establishment are daily sent…
Slide 25 - Before we leave Burton Agnes some reference may be made to the very interesting church in the village, which is intimately associated with the Hall. It is an ancient edifice, going back to the Norman period. It has been the burial place…
Slide 1 - Some nine miles from the port of Kingston-upon-Hull is the house of Burton Constable, an East riding seat which has never changed ownership by sale or otherwise from the time of William, the Norman, to the present time.
Slide 3 - This view shows the latter feature in more detail, and forms a unique composition.
The windows here, as on the other side of the house, have stone mullions and transoms restored to them by one of the Clifford - Constable line of owners,…
Slide 5 - Complimentary to the last view, we show another one, of the west and north portion of the front facing the garden. Tradition assigns the northern portion to as early a period as the reign of King Stephen (who died in 1135), the name of…
Slide 6 - The buildings of the south front are principally composed of numerous offices and servants apartments which, with the north front, are very irregular, and are evidently the remains of a much older edifice; the use of different building…
Slide 7 - Entering the Mansion by the porch on the east side, we pass through a pair of swing doors, direct into the saloon, a double cube, 60 feet by 30 feet and 30 feet high. Over the Doric columns of the mantel-piece is a shield of arms, with…
Slide 9 - The house was much altered in the eighteenth century, first by Cuthbert Constable (1719 - 1747) who altered the east front and to whom the long Gallery and the Library in its present condition seems to be due.
Slide 10 - Ascending the staircase, we notice that the walls are covered with a fine array of paintings, mostly by the old masters, besides a number of portraits of members of the Constable family.
Slide 11 - The Library, or what is now termed the Long Gallery, is entered from the grand staircase by folding doors. It is a fine apartment extending nearly the whole length of the west front. There are three window recesses of ample size, and these…
Slide 12 - From the ceiling are suspended three separate lamps of elaborate design, formerly used for candles, but now they are fitted up like other parts of the House with electric lights.
It would take up too much of our time to further describe…
Slide 14 - As befits the use to which the Ballroom is devoted, in one corner stands a magnificent pianoforte in ebony with gilt ornaments, and a quaintly designed music stool in the form of a shell.
Slide 15 - The bedrooms are all in keeping with the splendid apartments already described
In one of the Rooms, called the 'State Room', is a fine 18th century bedstead with a beautifully carved canopy at the top, which is draped in cream and gold…
Slide 16 - The Chinese Room is fitted up throughout in the Chinese Fashion. Curious shaped chairs with dragon's heads etc., cabinets filled with bric-a-brac and numerous specimens of rare and curious Chinese ornaments are scattered about the room on…
Slide 1 - A walk of some seven miles from Howsham brings us to Castle Howard, the princely seat of the Earl of Carlisle, one of the grandest and richest country seats in England. It contains a noble collection of works of art. The slide shows the…
Slide 2 -The designing of Castle Howard is the earliest architectural effort in which, so far as we have any evidence, Sir John Vanbrugh was concerned. He was at work on it in 1699, yet a letter that he wrote a fortnight before his death in 1726…
Slide 3 - The Parterre occupies several acres of lawn on the south side of the Mansion, about which are numerous specimens of statuary, and other adornments. A fountain on this front figures Atlas bearing the globe, surrounded by mermaids and…