Small Drawing Room

The Small Drawing Room was built on the ruins of the old south-east tower at the time of the eighteenth-century remodelling and is a fine example of Georgian work, with a handsome marble chimneypiece supported by Ionic columns and a carved wood overmantel. On the east walls are two elegantly-carved wall brackets; and the frames surrounding the portraits of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Charles, Lord Stanley by Sir Peter Lely, are good examples of the rococo style. The walnut cabinets and the two lacquer cabinets, or Union sets, are of the Queen Anne period. The eight mahogany chairs with fish-scale decorations were supplied by John Gordon in 1756 for £26 10s.; the needlework covers are believed to have been made by Jean Drummond, second wife of James, 2nd Duke.