The boudoir is located in the north-west corner of the first floor. This room, which was Mrs. Greenlaw’s retreat, is decorated to represent an apparently tented apartment in a Sultan’s palace. The now mostly obscured decoration includes stencilled, panelled walls portraying the sacred ibis, vases of flowers on a balustrade and columns seemingly supporting the ceiling.

The sale catalogue describes this room as “very quaint and artistic, furnished in the Moorish style”. There was a range of furniture and decorative items in a variety of styles- early English, Japanese, Arabian/Moorish, and Indian.

Boudoir Ceiling

Painted monogram on the boudoir ceiling