On to Kimbolton, only my second visit to the large, late medieval castle which Vanbrugh adapted by adding a new façade and changing the layout of the ground floor rooms for his friend, Charles Montagu, fourth Earl of Manchester. 

He gave it what he described as ‘a Castle air’ which did not amount to much more than crenellations:-

The thing which is really impressive about Kimbolton is the wealth of paintings by Pellegrini, including the Venus and Cupid in a corner room:-

And much less accomplished paintings in the chapel:-