Detail of linenfold paneling in the Manor House. Photo by Linda Cabasin

Formal dining room (decorated for 2022 special exhibit on entertaining). Photo by Linda Cabasin

View of Great Hall from second floor. Photo by Linda Cabasin

One of the Manor House’s many comfortable sitting areas. Photo by Linda Cabasin

Part of the Lagoon area, developed in a former sandstone quarry. Photo by Linda Cabasin

Plunge Pool at the Manor House. Photo by Linda Cabasin

The garden’s Organizing Nature interpretive panel highlights Mason’s orderly design. Photo by Linda Cabasin

This second-floor bedroom was desirable because it had a fireplace (unlike some others) and faced away from the noisy, sometimes smelly kitchen yard. Photo by Linda Cabasin

Interior of the kitchen, one of several reconstructed buildings revealing everyday life at Gunston Hall. Photo by Linda Cabasin

Mason’s small original writing desk, in his study. Photo by Linda Cabasin