Anita's
Room
Anita
Leslie was the eldest child of Sir Shane and Marjorie Leslie. Like her father,
she became a famed biographer. Her books are delightfully readable because
she wrote them while living on a very simple diet - just smoked salmon and
champagne...... Read
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Chinese
Room
The
Chinese Room was formerly `the second best guest room' reserved for distinguished
male guests. A cardinal, tipped as next pope slept here, but never made
the papacy. Cousin Clare Sheridan, the sculptor, slept here on her visits.
As a young woman, she went to Moscow...... Read
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The
Green Room
The
Green Room is a particularly friendly room and still has its original Victorian
wallpaper, a pattern no longer made. The huge bay windows give the best
views up and down the lake on this floor. It was Sir John Leslie's room
until his death in 1944........Read
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Lionel's
Room
Lionel
Leslie was the youngest of four brothers; Shane, Seymour, Norman and Lionel,
sons of Sir John, the second baronet, and his wife, Lady Leonie Leslie.
Born in 1900, an avenue of oak trees was planted to commemorate his birth,
as well as the new century...... Read
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Papa
Jack's Room
The Italian pictures and furniture were brought here by the present Sir
John from his house in Rome. The Gothic marbles, the saints' niches, ogeeve
arches, and the white marble reliefs depicting The Baptism of Christ by
St John in the Jordan...... Read
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The
Print Room
The Print Room used be called the Pink Room for the very simple reason that
it was pink. A cosy room in winter, it was used by the present Poet Laureate,
Sir John Betjamen, who detested everything ugly and modern. Lying in bed
one morning he penned his famous ode of hatred to the ugly town of "Slough"
near Windsor...... Read
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The Master Bedrooms
Lake View Rooms
