Burghley House.
"Burghley house remains, so far as the outside
is concerned, very much as its builder left it, only
some outbuildings having been pulled down. It
is a typical example of late Elizabethan architecture, and is imposing rather than beautiful. The
interior has been very much altered and re-
decorated, so that little of the original work
remains. There are, however, some fine ceilings
by Verrio, who is said to have lived at Burghley
for twelve years while engaged on them, and by
Laguerre, and there is some carving by Grinling
Gibbons. All of this, as well as the great collection
of pictures and other works of art, date from the
time of the fifth Earl of Exeter."
Extract from "The House of Cecil" (Open Library)
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