This week, we’re mounting this lovely staircase to look at the second floor.
Ventfort: Stairs from the main entrance to the second floor.Ventfort: Stained glass at the landing of the main stairway.
Yet another fabulous plaster ceiling, this one above the entrance hall.
Ventfort: Plasterwork on the ceiling above the main entrance.Ventfort: Stained glass above the main entrance, and a balcony for spying on all the activity below.Ventfort: Lovely table setting.Ventfort: For a Berkshire cottage, you’d probably need service for, what … 12 people? 24?
Sarah Morgan’s bedroom.
Ventfort: Sarah Morgan’s bedroom.Ventfort: Sarah Morgan’s bedroom.Ventfort: The photos in Sarah Morgan’s bedroom are reproductions of family photos. This one is charming.Ventfort: A coverlet monogrammed with Sarah’s intials.Ventfort is available for weddings: this room is for the use of the bridal party.Ventfort: I am still trying to figure out the practical use of that chair on the right.Ventfort: One of the unrestored rooms. You can see the water damage in the far corner.Ventfort: A “courting chair”. You will not be playing footsie. You will barely be holding hands!Ventfort: Gallery over the main entrance foyer, partially reconstructed.Ventfort: exterior.Ventfort: Verandah on the back of the house, looking down a hill to a river, with the Berkshires in the distance.Ventfort: Sculptures of dancers, from a period when the mansion was used by the Fokine Dancers. Couldn’t find a signature.Ventfort: Verandah on the back of the house. The view is down a hill to a river, with the Berkshires in the distance.Ventfort, exterior.Ventfort: back to the front.
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