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| Above: The Long Gallery at
Strawberry Hill, engraving by Morris. To the right as it is today still used for functions involving up to 100 people. |
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Registered Charity No. 1089660
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'Richer than
the roof of paradise' was Walpole's description of this grand room.
Everywhere the visitor looked the room was ablaze with light, and their
eyes would go up to fifty-seven feet of glorious white and gold vaulted
ceiling formed by gothic fans made out of papier mache. The walls were
hung with crimson damask; one wall contained embrasures lined with
mirrors. A wall of windows was opposite. The mirrors were covered in an
intricate gilt fretwork like that used in the trelliswork of the garden
below, and were surmounted by gilded canopies.
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