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Castle Howard, Garden Room at Entrance - HLS05774
Slide 27 - Passing out of the Great Hall through swing doors we enter what is called the Garden Room, a vestibule to the principal entrance from the south. As will be seen, it is a superb apartment, adorned with statuary and paintings, besides…
Chevet Park, the Dining Room - HLS05776
Slide 2 - In the house are many portraits of the Pilkingtons, brought from Stanley Hall, (some of which are shown in the photograph which is a view of the Dining Room) and many paintings which Sir Lionel Pilkington brought from Italy.
East Riddlesden Hall Interior - HLS05785
Slide 5 - In arrangement Riddlesden Hall differs materially from the conventional mansions of its period, and must have been erected by a person of considerable taste and opulance.
The interior displays much richness in its completeness and…
The interior displays much richness in its completeness and…
Gilling Castle, the Entrance Hall - HLS05807
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…
It conforms in all its details to the severely classic style prevailing at that…
Gilling Castle, the Great Chamber - HLS05808
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…
Gilling Castle, the Mantle piece in the Great Chamber - HLS05809
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…
Gilling Castle, the Painted Window to the Great Chamber - HLS05810
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…
Gilling Castle, Painted Window to the Great Chamber - HLS05812
Slide 11 - Our other slide shows a portion of the bay window (on the left) which is devoted to the heraldry of the Constables of Burton Constable, whose connection with the Fairfaxes dates from 1594 when Thomas Fairfax married Catherine…
Goldsborough Hall, the Library - HLS05822
Slide 7 - Entering by the porch we are conducted inside the house, and shown the Library, a spacious and well-furnished apartment.
The walls are panelled throughout in oak, and the ceiling to the room is decorated with a geometrical design in…
The walls are panelled throughout in oak, and the ceiling to the room is decorated with a geometrical design in…
Goldsborough Hall, the kitchen - HLS05823
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…
At one end is a gallery, supported on two octagonal wooded pillars, with ornamental carved capitals and…
Ledston Hall, the Saloon - HLS05836
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…
Ledston Hall, the Dining Room - HLS05837
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…
Ledston Hall, Lady Betty Hastings's Room - HLS05839
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.,…
The Dining Room, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05865
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…
The Dining Room, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05866
Slide 10: The house is rich in family portraits, one of which is seen over the sideboard at the end of the Dining room, and is a portrait of John Hutton, died 1782. Note also the peculiar weight clock in an upright oak case, standing on three claw…
Nunnington Hall, Bedroom - HLS05974
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…
Oakwell Hall, the Great Hall Looking North West - HLS05985
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…
Oakwell Hall, The Drawing Room - HLS05990
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…
Ribston Hall - the Saloon - HLS05996
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…
Ribston Hall - Corner of the Saloon - HLS06997
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,…
The rich and elaborate colouring to the ceiling, cornice and frieze, are especially fine,…
Weston Hall, the Front Hall - HLS06041
Slide 5 - Let us now enter the ancestral Home by the Portal, on the west side of the House. Passing along a short passage, we enter the Front Hall, a spacious apartment containing a fine array of old oak furniture, high backed chairs, cabinets etc.…
Weston Hall, the Staircase Hall - HLS06042
Slide 6 - Through a door we now enter the Staircase Hall, which is also furnished with oaken furniture and carved cabinets, in keeping with the House. The hanging lamp in the Hall is a conspicuous feature. It contains shields of the Vavasours…
Weston Hall, the
Slide 7 - Perhaps the most notable apartment in the Hall, is that known as the 'Dragon Room' which dates from the period between the middle of the reigns of Henry the Seventh and Henry the Eighth, say about the year 1520. The ceiling of the room…
Weston Hall, inside of bay in the
Slide 8 - An interior view of the Bay window to the Dragon Room, as a contrast to the exterior photograph of the same window, which has been shown.
Woodsome Hall, the Great Hall - HLS06056
Slide 6 - On one side is the huge fireplace some 14 foot in width, over which is carved on an oak beam in antique capitals a foot in depth -
ARTHUR * KAY * BIATRIX * KAY
Above this is a portrait of the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid…
ARTHUR * KAY * BIATRIX * KAY
Above this is a portrait of the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid…