Yellow Drawing Room

In the 19^th and early 20^th centuries this room was used as a Billiard Room, but in the 18^th century it was known as the Yellow Drawing Room. 

Green and pink were the colours originally intended for this room, but after work had begun Edwin Lascelles bought a quantity of yellow silk which he wished to use on the walls.  The colour scheme for the rest of the room had to be changed to accommodate this, including adding yellow to the ceiling.  It appears that the weaving of the carpet had already begun and could not be changed at such a late stage. 

Two great Chippendale looking glasses dominate the room. Like other mirrors in the House, including those in the State Bedroom, they were partly stripped of their ornamentation in the 19th century. Between 1993 and 1994 they were painstakingly restored by Carvers and Gilders. 

Pictures include family portraits and a painting of the great 19^th century opera singer, Adelina Patti by the Victorian painter Franz Xavier Winterhalter.