I have posted many times regarding the National
Trust property at Mount Stewart near Newtownards, however since the restoration, this is the
first time I can show you the refurbished bedrooms. Let's start our tour with some of the downstairs rooms, starting with the Drawing Room.
Close up of the boat chandelier in the Drawing Room.
Lord Londonderry’s Room
This is the elegant Dining
room and below is a side table, followed by champagne in a wine cooler.
I
shot a short video of the guide explaining about this beautiful shield.
Now we are upstairs looking over the banister at the staircase below.
This is one of the bedrooms.
Another bedroom.
This is the last bedroom that has been refurbished.
This is the room where the family stored their cases
for travelling.
This
was an amazingly long corridor.
Just
before going downstairs I looked over the balcony into the main
Entrance Hall.
Our
tour is over for today as we approach Venus in the entrance Hall. This is a
marble statue by expatriate Glaswegian sculptor Lawrence Mac Donald and dated
1856 . Purchased by 4th Marquess of Londonderry.
If you are interested in seeing more photographs of the house, look in my LABELS (RHS) and then find Mount Stewart and click it.
I hope you enjoyed seeing the house and I am glad you joined me on the tour.
Many thanks for all the comment you leave on this post.
More photographs from the grounds of Mount Stewart tomorrow.
As I've said before they have made a wonderful job of this place. It's a top job but who on earth chose the dining room carpet? It must have been a committee decision.
ReplyDeleteIt is an incredible place. I wouldn't like to have cleaning responsibilities though.
ReplyDeleteThe restoration work has been worthwhile & I must try to visit again soon! Your photos of the rooms are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe chandelier is so great! All in all the house is very picturesque and ornate, and I would love to take a stroll inside.
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What a stunning place, I'm so charmed by every details in your wonderful photographs, my darling Margaret, I've been watching them so many times !
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such precious beauty, my lovely friend !
Hope your week is off to a great start, I wish you most wonderful days to come,
sending love to you
Dany
This would be wonderful on Tuesday's Treasures.
ReplyDeleteTom I was goin to link htis post in as you suggested however I discovered 3 other Tuesday's Treasure on the web and did not now which one you meant!
DeleteSuch a lovely home. Thanks for the tour. I may be remiss in commenting in the next weeks months as life gets more hectic with the move.
ReplyDeletei wonder why 2 choices on the staircase, perhaps the home is that big. it is a beautiful house, very formal but it certainly fits the period. how nice to see it restored and maintained so well!!!!
ReplyDeleteHello Margaret, what a lovely home and tour. Happy Wednesday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots of the place. It is a treasure.
ReplyDeleteInteresting photos, Margaret. Looks just like home.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful house! I really like that chandelier!
ReplyDeleteI like how close to the fire that sofa is. That is made for me. And the chandelier is a hoot!
ReplyDeleteExciting house!
ReplyDeleteAdrian doesn't care for the carpet--- I'm not sure I do either, but I really think your pictures are excellent-- wonderful shots of this remarkable place.
ReplyDeleteThe elegance of that era impresses me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a grand place this is. Loved the boat chandelier, the statue at the end, the opulent furnishings - It was all just so pretty to see.
ReplyDeleteI love the old ornate furniture, the use of colors and design in that staircase as well as that long hallway. I rather liked that carpet.
ReplyDeleteThe carpet in the dining room is a copy of one which was in Wynyard Hall (the family's palatial property in Durham). It was commissioned for the restoration project, made by Axeminster Carpets in Devon, and is super hardwearing to cope with massively increased footfall through the house. It feature the Stewart dragon, which is also in the family crest and at the heart of the family moto 'Metuenda carolla dragonis' (Beware the crest of the dragon!). We can't all be fans of it..but there's some explanation of why its there!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, Margaret! And a great video of Paul, too!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos from this beautiful place. Thank you for taking us on a tour, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteReally nice place :-)
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