Touch House, dating
back to the 15th century, is situated in 3750 acres of beautiful
woodland and farmland. The house has been considerably extended and
improved over the centuries.
Passing
beneath the little pediment immediately above the front doorway, you
enter the front hall with the bottom of the stair framed by stone
pillars, and beyond these you look up to the cupola with the
staircase curling up to it. On the left of the hall there is the
Morning Room which, like all the ground floor rooms, is of a similar
height to the hall.
On
ascending the stairs to the first floor, the plasterwork on the
ceiling in the drawing room and next door in the Dining Room and in
the Music Room on the top floor are the work of Thomas Clayton. The
timber for the panelling in these rooms came from the Baltic ports
of Gottenburg and Riga. |