Day Two of the great Vanbrugh Tour.

Castle Howard in high summer:-

The Entrance Hall:-

The classical statuary:-

The details of the fireplace:-

The details of the fireplace:-

We walked out along the terrace:-

To the Temple of the Four Winds:-

To the mausoleum:-

Upstairs, the exhibition includes the account books of the third Earl of Carlisle.  I have not seen in a long while the scrupulous way in which he checked and itemised all aspects of his expenditure right up until the last year of his life:-

And the last letter of Vanbrugh’s life, dated 8 March 1726, less than two weeks before his death:-

The north front:-

And the domestic wing:-