The 1808 Temple Newsam inventory records this room as 'Miss Gordon's Ground Floor' with furnishings that included a mahogany table with folding top, 3 walnut backstools and calico cases, a mahogany card table, a small mahogany piano forte by Shudi and a music desk. It later functioned as an informal dining room before being used as a Book Room by Mrs Meynell Ingram in the late 19th century. The Book Room is now used together with the Serving Room for small exhibitions and other visitor services.

Little Gallery

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