Armoury & Staircase

 

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By moving the stairs when he first bought the house from their original position on the site of what became his Little Parlour, to the new hallway, a tower had been created which linked the early three-storey part of the house with the new two storey Library and Refectory wing. Thus a variety of shadowy levels were created which exuded Walpole's 'gloomth' - a word he coined to describe the unique Strawberry Hill mixture of warmth and gloom.
 
Above: engraving by Newton after a watercolour by Edward Edwards. Above: The suit of armour is gone, but the 'gloomth' is still there.