A shaft of sunlight falls across the floor of the drawing room in Westport House, County Mayo. The parquet was laid by George, third Marquess of Sligo in 1855, one of a number of changes he made to the building during that decade, which also included a new principal staircase of Sicilian marble. Westport House was originally designed by Richard Castle in the 1730s but was thereafter subject to a variety of alterations and additions incorporating work by amongst others Thomas Ivory and James Wyatt.
More about Westport House in the near future.
Robert, Love your eye for detail in your splendid photography!
Thank you, that is kind of you to say, and greatly appreciated.
How beautiful. Never in my life have I seen that pattern.
Thank you, yes the floor pattern is beautifully done.