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E-mail: info@dunbrobincastle.net The Dining Room

Sir Robert Lorimer redesigned the Dining Room after a fire damaged the castle in 1915. The wall-top frieze is of Italian origin but the most striking feature of the room is the group of family portraits.

The Dining Room has a Khorassan carpet and the table is set for dinner with Georgian silver. The oak chairs are of Stuart period design and covered in needlework by Duchess Eileen, wife of the 5th Duke.

The Drawing Room

As with the other principle rooms in the castle, the Drawing Room was redesigned by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1915. To form it he threw together two smaller drawing rooms from Sir Charles Barry's original plans and thus created a light, spacious room in direct contrast to the cosy clutter of the Victorian Era and giving a fine view of the gardens and parterre surrounding the large fountains.

The principal items of furniture are of the Louis XV period, and include a set of two settees, while the walls are hung with 18th century Mortlake tapestries and family portraits.

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