December 2007
The castle florists did a very good job this year in creating a subdued and elegant display throughout the rooms. The decorations fitted in very nicely with the remit – an English country house at Christmas. Certainly there were a lot of Christmas trees to be admired.
Heraldry Room: Christmas tree
Heraldry Room: Christmas tree
Lower Corridor: windowsill decoration
Lower Corridor: a niche
Queen’s Room: a pedestal
Queen’s Room: a floor decoration
Bathroom
Queen’s Gallery: a banquet for a queen
Queen’s Gallery: Christmas pudding
Queen’s Gallery: a laden table
Banqueting Hall: Christmas tree
Banqueting Hall: window flower arrangement
Chapel: Nativity
Chapel: flowers to compliment the altar cloth
Top of spiral stairs
The boardroom
Gloriette: top corridor
Gloriette: top corridor
Seminar Room: window display
Seminar Room: Christmas tree
Lady Baillie’s Dressing Room: dressing table
Lady Baillie’s Dressing Room: window display
Lady Baillie’s Bedroom: table display
Lady Baillie’s Bedroom: general view
Catherine of Aragon Bedroom
Top Bridge Corridor
Top Bridge Corridor
Top of Main Stairs
Yellow Drawing Room: Christmas tree
Yellow Drawing Room: fireplace
Thorpe Hall: Christmas tree
Thorpe Hall: fireplace
A pathway through the garden
The house, view from the meadow
Dining Room: Christmas tree
Front Door: flower display