Step Inside the Historic Thorpe Hall Drawing Room at Leeds Castle Golf Club
06/21/2024
A peak inside: The Thorpe Hall Drawing Room 🔍
A glimpse into the glamorous lifestyle enjoyed by Lady Baillie and her many weekend guests. This room was created with exquisite pine panelling, large doors and an Italian chimneypiece acquired from the great parlour at Thorpe Hall near Peterborough, who had sold the furnishings to pay death duties.
The panelling, which dates from 1653, first arrived at Leeds Castle painted in a shade of pea green. This paint was painstakingly removed and the panels had to be reassembled like a large jigsaw puzzle. To accommodate the panels, the room’s ceiling had to be lowered and a new door was cut through the wall at the bay-window end of the room. In 1937, Lady Baillie’s new designer Stéphane Boudin redesigned Thorpe Hall once more and altered the room’s soft furnishings.
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