On the stone overmantel of the fireplace, carved into the stone is a boy's head with a serpent around its neck.
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The chimneypiece and overmantel are original and the entrance door is matched by a false door at the southern end of the same wall.
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An overmantel with arched panels and Wylde heraldry dated c . 1594 has been relocated to the north-west room of the garden wing.
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There are also survivals from the English Renaissance : an Italianate staircase of great delicacy and the vividly carved overmantel and fireplace in the Great Chamber.
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An Esterly carving in Gibbons'style in the exhibition _ an overmantel drop of flowers, fruit and leaves _ shows just how well he learned.
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Stanford White's sophisticated spatial planning offered unexpected views " en filade " through aligned doorways centered on handsome monumental fireplaces with projecting overmantels.
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The identity of the central figure in the overmantel is uncertain; Girouard states that it is Three Fates, spinning, measuring and cutting the thread of life.
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The hall-cum-drawing room was redesigned by Lutyens in 1911 in an imitation early Georgian style, with enriched panelling and an overmantel with a pediment.
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The office to the west has elaborate and finely carved timber cupboards, side board, mirrors and overmantel framing a mosaic tiled fireplace built into the northern wall.
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It displays in original condition a corner shell cupboard with sun-burst decoration; marbleized fluted pilasters at either side of the fireplace opening, and fine overmantel painting.
