“the chimney piece was designed by Mr Bentley”
Horace Walpole’s Description 1784

The Great Parlour

The Great Parlour:  This was Walpole’s dining-room.  Latterly it had been hung with a heavy green and gold paper but it now resembles the 1788 Carter view with grey painted wall-paper and the restored glass and fire-place.  The large replica sofas are being made by students from the London Metropolitan University and gothic chairs are being carved, copied from an original now in the V&A.