| Like most very
old manor houses, the contents of Stonor illustrate
a wide range of taste. The complete collection of
family portraits dates from the 16th century until
the 20th century. Francis Stonor's collection (formed
between 1945 and his death in 1968) includes Old
Master Pictures and Drawings, spectacular bronzes,
wooden sculpture, Venetian Globes, the extraordinary
Shell Bed and French wallpaper with paintings of
Paris.
Additionally, some
very fine medieval and 18th Century stained glass
adorns the Hall staircase and Drawing Room and
there are interesting early Nepalese bronzes in
the library. 18th and 19th Century American furniture
as well as charts of Rhode Island are placed in
the Long Gallery, as are the tapestries (on loan
to us) together with contemporary ceramics from
Europe and Asia.
The Chapel has important late
18th Century painted and stained glass as well
as 16th and 17th Century statues and Gothic Revival
chairs. The ante-chapel contains a very fine 20th
Century carved wooden Stations of the Cross
given by Graham Greene.
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