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 The Refectory, along with the Library on the first floor immediately above, formed part of a new two-storey wing completed in 1754. In keeping with normal eighteenth-century practice it was furnished as a parlour with the tables for dining only brought in by the servants when they were needed.

Richard Bentley provided the design for the gothic chimneypiece which stood in the centre of the longest wall of the room with settees flanking it which might have come from Sir Robert Walpole's Arlington Street house.

Above: Parlour (Great Parlour or Refectory) watercolour possibly by John Carter.