Among the structure's most recognizable rooms is the saloon, a Gothic-style entertaining parlor paneled in 17th century Spanish leather and touting triple height ceilings that soar 50 feet. There's a music room with a hand-painted baroque-style ceiling and walls bedecked in 16th century Italian embroideries a smoking room adorned in early 19th century art a drawing room finished in soft-green French silk. The Countess says the family regularly uses different rooms "because it's good to move around." There are three main staircases including the hand-carved Oak Staircase, the "Red Staircase" that leads to the second-floor bedrooms and nurseries, and a stone servant staircase running from the main floors down to the bottom levels that was once used by house staff in much the same way depicted on Downton Abbey.Įvery nook is opulently appointed, particularly in the "State Rooms" used frequently for entertaining. (As Lady Carnarvon wryly told the Telegraph in 2010, "I suppose if you know how many rooms you’ve got, you haven’t got a very big house.") Between 50 and 80 of these spaces are bedrooms, an estimate based on the constantly changing designations of rooms due to remodeling. Surrounded by 1,000 private acres of parkland, the castle itself is huge, boasting as many as 300 rooms – the inhabitants say they don't know how many exactly.
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