“Look to either the floor or the ceiling in this beautiful room and the eye is rewarded.

Underfoot is a magnificent, densely-woven carpet, the second largest single-loom carpet in the British Isles, depicting the arms of Trinity House.

Above, the ceiling reveals a vivid, allegorical scene painted originally by J F Rigaud and first restored in 1850 by the famous pre-Raphaelite artist, William Holman Hunt.” *