Billiard Room, Burghley House
Introduction
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Billiard Room, Burghley House
Image: © Len Williams Taken: 13 Jun 2015
The Billiard Room contains a table made in the 1850s from timber recovered from HMS Royal George which sank in 1782. The walls contain a number of paintings particularly of a famous drinking club (The Little Bedlam Club) which used to frequent the house in the 17th century. Members were not identified by name, but by an animal, e.g. stag, wolf etc. The pictures include these animals in the background, hence new members could identify who the other members were. For a view of a special window refer to picture Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.642437
Longitude
-0.452442