A nostalgic Scottish theme was chosen for this room with a frieze of scenes illustrating Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels. The geometrically decorated dado was said to be “Mediaeval” in style. The fireplace is lined with Minton tiles, some after paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

The room was originally furnished with a magnificent mahogany dining suite comprising a grand 20 foot telescope dining table with 9 leaves and 18 dining chairs and 2 carvers as well as other seating. To facilitate the serving of meals there was a 7 foot mahogany sideboard and a five- foot dinner wagon. There were vast quantities of silver and silver plate, china, crystal and glass listed in the Sale Catalogue.

Dining room hearth tile.
Photograph Trevor Mein

Cornice detail - scene from Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy
Photograph Trevor Mein