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State Bedroom
The State Bedroom, together with the South Bedroom and Dressing Room and State Dressing Room occupy what was the
Tudor and Jacobean Great Chamber and lengths of its plaster frieze survive above their suspended ceilings. It
is one of a suite of rooms probably created specifically for the daughters and grand-daughters of the 9th Viscount
on the first floor of the south wing and in 1808 was being used by Miss Elizabeth Meynell, daughter of Hugo and
Elizabeth Meynell of Hoar Cross.
In the inventory of 1808 this room was described as '4th Room Miss Meynell's'. Miss Meynell was the daughter of
Hugo and Elizabeth Meynell and later became the Hon Mrs Weymouth and a friend of Queen Victoria. The contents of
this room in 1808 included a bed hung with cotton and cotton window curtains, a chest of drawers, a mahogany claw
table, a dressing glass, a japanned table, a Kidderminster carpet and four back stools.
Like many rooms on this floor it lost its features during the Second World War, including its fireplace and a door
from the South Passage. It has recently been restored. It contains a spectacular State Bed from Clifton Castle,
Wensleydale, probably made by a Benjamin Evans whose label was found behind the matching pelmets.
Room restored 2005
State Dressing Room
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