The library desk, said to have come from Houghton Hall and possibly used by Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. ©National Trust Images/John Hammond

Houghton Hall's Common Parlour

Houghton Hall in Norfolk was conceived by Architect William Kent in the 1720s for England’s first prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole.

interiors

a library for a country house

Nostell Priory.

Rousham House, Main Salon.

Entrance, Rousham House, Oxfordshire, ca.1635 & then remodeled by William Kent in 18thC. Image: Andrew Montgomery.

MARBLE HALL AT HATFIELD HOUSE - ELIZABETH I's CHILDHOOD HOME.