The Ballroom

The Grisaille Room

The Grisaille Room as it is today, available for hire as a luxury conference room.

The Grisaille Room

The Grisaille Room

The Grisaille Room as it is today, available for hire as a luxury conference room.

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The chief glory of the house is the ballroom, which has plaster decoration that could be eighteenth century, but was most likely done for Luke White at the time of his purchase.

The design is unusual and original, and does not fit easily into any particular category of plasterwork; it was probably done by local stuccodores working in a somewhat outdated manner.

It blends in admirably with the adamesquegrisaille room, and the magnificent dining room, with its plaster birds and painted ceiling.
 

(The Hon. Mrs Brinsley Plunket)