It was the launch today of Castle Howards’s 21st. Century Renaissance, a comprehensive rehang, refurbishment, and in small but significant ways, a reinvention of its interiors: starting with the visitors’ entrance where the family portraits have been replaced by objects from the 4th. Earl’s Grand Tour:-

Then the run of bedrooms in the Thomas Robinson west wing which have been comprehensively redone – and beautifully – by Remy Renzullo:-

Then (but for some reason I didn’t take photographs) the Tapestry Drawing Room has been completely and magnificently recreated by Francis Terry in the style of Vanbrugh: not a reconstruction, but a reinvention, done with great sensitivity and historical intelligence.  A very interesting precedent for historic interiors.