in diameter. The greater part of the old house,
being uninhabitable through decay, was pulled down; the old parts are
shown in black on the plan, and the new hatched. It is faced with red
bricks, and red Corsehill stone dressings, and covered with tiles The
plan was arranged so as to preserve the old kitchen, billiard-room,
morning room, and conservatory. The hall, entered from a veranda in
connection with the entrance-porch, is surrounded by a dado, the
height of doors; the lower panels are filled with tiles made to design
by the School of Art at Bombay. The woodwork is painted a mottled blue
color, harmonizing with the general tone of the tiles, the whole being
something the color of _lapis lazuli_. The staircase is divided from
the hall by three arches, through which is seen the staircase-window,
representing, in stained glass, the Earth, Air, and Water. Under the
central arch is the fireplace, on the hood of which will eventually be
a bronze figure of Orpheus, on a ground of mosaic. The floor is of
marble mosaic, and round the border are the various beasts listening
to the music, the trees and river, etc. Above the dado, and on the
wooden panels of ceiling, will be the birds, etc. The woodwork of
dining-room is plain American walnut, the panels of dado being filled
with dark Japanese leather-paper.
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