Here, we have created from scratch a dining-room in the Robert Adam style. Two existing ceiling beams had to be accommodated in the design and so three ceilings were created using plasterwork centrepieces and lozenges. These are surrounded by an ornate cornice and frieze of gryphons and other Adam motifs in bas relief.

The door to the right of the fireplace is a fake: it was constructed to balance the door on the left and pediments were added to increase the apparent height of the doors. The windows are framed by Corinthian pilasters and lower parts of the walls are panelled. The frieze below the cornice is a classic Adam bas relief of gryphons and urns with the background picked out in a stone colour. 

The walls between the windows are panelled with aged mirrors in frames of patinated silver-leaf.

See also Press, January 2006

earlier pictures