the entrance hall contains an 18th-century staircase with slender wooden balusters leading to a galleried landing of the same period. the hall has grained woodwork in the georgian style, and is hung with portraits of the taylor family from between 1737 and 1817. they are of joshua taylor's sister deborah (1771–1810), his parents, john (1737–1805) and anne (1739–1817) and his father-in-law captain tickell.