 Carved figures from the "Roman de la Rose" decorate the chimneypiece, which Crook considered "one of the most glorious that Burges and Nicholls ever produced".Echoing Crook, Charles Handley-Read wrote, "Working together, Burges and Nicholls had transposed a poem into sculpture with a delicacy that is very nearly musical.The "Roman de la Rose" has come to life."