It is much bigger inside than it appears because many of the rooms have now been knocked through: downstairs the two front rooms were converted into a large living room and the back room was knocked through to make the kitchen bigger. The front room is a very spacious and relaxing area, painted sky blue with wooden skirting boards and windowsills. Next to the cream leather sofa nearest the front window, there is a tall fig plant that gives the room a feeling of life. On the wall above the fireplace there is a print called “Balconies on the Grand Canal”, by Jonathan Pike. Towards the back of the room, some large French windows open into the kitchen.
The kitchen is bigger than most (it used to be a living room and a kitchen but has since been converted into a large kitchen). It is a very aesthetically pleasing room, the near side of it almost empty, except for a dresser and a game of solitaire sitting on the nearest windowsill. The cooking area is has a farmhouse feel to it and have many cupboards and shelves, which are stacked with cooking equipment and recipe books. The kitchen leads to the small back garden, which is surrounded by high walls. The small lean-to houses the washing and drying machines and the large brown shed contain paint pots and some sport equipment.
The original wooden staircase in the hall leads up to the first floor where there are three bedrooms, one bathroom and an airing cupboard. The spare room at the back of the house is very spacious and has a very large window, which is an excellent source of light. The room is empty except for a single bed and three chests of drawers. Next door is the bathroom, which is very small, especially in comparison to the rest of the rooms and opposite is a small airing cupboard. On the opposite landing is the master bedroom and another smaller room, of similar size to the back bedroom. The master bedroom is very big, with three large windows, not to mention a lovely view of the dock. The smaller room next to this is my bedroom and has one large window, over-looking the back garden.
The last room on the third floor is very large. It used to be two rooms and some landing space but it has been all knocked through, renovated and decorated. We imagine that this might have been the servants' sleeping quarters once. Although the rooms (before they were knocked through) are similar sizes to the master bedroom and my room which they are directly below, the windows are much smaller and the ceiling is sloping, giving rise to our theory.
Overall, the house is a very impressive example of Victorian architecture.
