Lost rooms reopen after revamp at Castle Howard (UK) 25/Apr/2025

Описание: Rooms damaged by a fire 80 years ago at a country estate have been restored and reopened to the public.

Castle Howard in North Yorkshire unveiled the revamped Tapestry Drawing Room, Gallery and Grand Staircase as part of its 21st Century Renaissance project.

The rooms were damaged in 1940 during a suspected chimney fire, which swept through nearly a whole wing of the building.

Nicholas Howard, who runs the estate with his wife Victoria, said that rebuilding the Tapestry Drawing Room around the pieces that were woven to hang there was like "making a suit to match the buttons".

Stately home Castle Howard is a private residence and has been home to the Howard family for more than 300 years.

The fire destroyed the building's dome and more than 20 rooms in the house while it was being used as a school for girls during the Second World War.

The dome was restored in 1962 and the filming of Brideshead Revisited at the site helped pay for the reconstruction of the the Garden Hall and New Library.

Before the latest work was carried out, the tapestry room was a shell with a hole in the wall where the fireplace had been.

The four tapestries which were woven for the room in 1706 by John Vanderbank and depict the four seasons have now been returned to their original positions.

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