The Master's Bedchamber
The
Master's Bedchamber was one of the most private rooms in the house.
When the house was first built, there were no corridors on the first
floor, just a sequence of interconnected rooms. To get to the Master's
Bedchamber, you would have had to walk through 9 or 10 rooms, which
means that someone would have known where you were headed! Also, the
Master's valet would sleep in the dressing room that came before the
Bedchamber, to ensure it was secure. Today, the Master's Bedchamber
is shown in the style of the early 18th century. The bedroom would have
been a very much multi purpose room at this time, and the master would
have slept, ate and bathed in the room. It was also a great privilege
to be entertained in the bedchamber, even if the master was in bed at
the time!. There were originally two doors leading from the bedchamber;
one too the left of the bed leading to the Master's Study, later converted
to a bathroom, and one to the right leading to
the Cedar Closet. The bed in the room date sfrom
about 1720, and is on loan from the Victoria
and Albert Museum in London.
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