“The pianoforte stood in a part of the room separated from the rest by a screen of Grecian columns.” (March 1, 1814)

This layout was inspired by Robert Adams, who used it at Derby House, No. 26 Grosvenor Square, when he remodelled its interior in 1773/4 (John Summerson, Georgian London, p. 147) and in the library at Kenwood House, Middlesex, completed before 1770 (Olive Cook, English Country Houses, colour plate opposite p. 207). 

 

© A. F. Kersting

The drawing room at Hawskfield Manor would not have been quite as ornate as these Adams interiors, however, but more like the picture gallery at nearby Courteenhall.