View 3, Stained Glass above mini conservatory - on first landing

A large monogram 'LMS' or Linley and Marion's initials entwined from the central panel of this stained glass window flooding coloured light into the hall over the water garden. The window cost no less than 15 guineas. The Sambourne's spared no expense in their use of stained glass as equally elaborate windows and roundels are found in nearly all the major rooms of the house. Judging from other crests and armorial windows in the drawing room and morning room, stained glass seems to have been a vehicle for the Sambourne's family pride.

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