EXTERIOR…..PART 1 HERE PART 2 HERE. PART 3 HERE
INTERIOR…….PART 1 HERE ~ Entrance Hall, Chapel, Baron’s Hall.
The small drawing room, (which is quite large really) is decorated in the Regency style and has lots of paintings of horses and sporting stuff, but also some decorative bits and bobs.
a lovely ornate clock
and an oriental thingy, we see a lot of these in castles and stately homes ~ must have been a thing.
In 1848, the Scottish architect William Burn used castle records to restore and to re-create one of the most striking and instructive interiors of a period that loved rich and colourful effects. The Octagon Drawing Room is a rarest survivor of an 1840’s room with unchanged decoration, displaying lavish textiles: gold silk lines the eight walls, and the curtains and elaborate swags are of crimson and gold silk.
In 1993 the 11th Lord Barnard commissioned a 5-year restoration programme,. Much of the original room’s paintwork, moldings and gilding were cleaned and conserved. Where necessary, new silk panels and curtains, which matched the originals, were woven on the only 19th century handlooms still in commercial use in England.
The pineapple was an exotic and rare fruit back in the day and having them showed off your wealth, so they were incorporated into decorations.
The ceiling was bonkersley ostentatious, but I like that!
The Dining room has red walls and a plaster ceiling. The table extends to fill the room and is laid with a dinner service which had belonged to Queen Victoria and was given to the Raby estate by Edward VII. Sideboards had small warmers to keep food warm a marble-topped buffet was used for cold food.
I think that’s enough for now, there’s still a lot more to see at Raby so stay tooned!
fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe 
Your photos are always great, but you certainly excel at interiors, it has to be said. All those shiny surfaces, handled so well. You could earn a living doing those! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cheeres Pete, if I get the sack where I am I’ll think about it! 🙂
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Wow that clock is exquisite
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Yes, if a little OTT.
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What a gorgeuos interior!
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Isn’t it just, cheers Pit
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Hi Fraggle. I loved getting a close-up look at all these things. My Cornelis Drebbel would be jealous of the French ormolu clock!
I was just thinking how that chandelier reminded me of a pineapple when lo and behold — your caption. So, my friend…. “Be a pineapple. Stand tall. Wear a crown. And be sweet on the inside.” Mega hugs!
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Haha I’m always sweet 😉😂
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Ok… I’d like to eat at that table while reading some of the books from the Baron’s room, please 🙂 LOVELY photos – looks like a fantastic place!
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Cheers M.B, it is!
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I can’t even imagine what it must be like if you are part of the restoration team, the first day you walk into your new job! I would most definitely not have the patience to be involved 🙂 Real fruit or false on the table?
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It would be such a rewarding job though, I should think building your own gaff is a similar patience user! Fake fruit 😊
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🙂
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All of which goes to show that money and taste don’t always go hand in hand. Some lovely individual objects, but the whole is a lot less than the sum of its parts.
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Not sure if you mean the whole castle, in which case I’d have to disagree, but if you mean the octagon room I’m with you! Not sure if you saw the post previous with the Barons Hall, which I thought was quite classy.
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I did miss the first post. I’m not sure how. I’ll go and read it now.
I didn’t mean the whole castle, just the overblown Victorian room.
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That is so beautiful 🙂
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Cheers !
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Extravagant and lavish. Could be blinded by less. 🙂
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Haha it was a tad over the top! 🙂
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Now that is stately!
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Yes indeed!
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Now that is stately
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“and an oriental thingy, we see a lot of these in castles and stately homes ~ must have been a thing.” 😂😂 I haven’t been to many castles and grand properties to see if this is true.. I’ll have to keep an eye open!
Also, that ceiling is ABSOLUTELY bonkersly ostentatious!! 😲
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It IS true, I’ve photographed a few! Yes I thought the ceiling was bonkers, but great to shoot!
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Beautiful .thanks for taking us in.❤️
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😘
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