Editing Cliveden (section)

===Interior===
{{stack|[[File:Camino della sala grande nel Palazzo di Cliveden.jpg|thumb|The Hall showing the fireplace and portrait of Nancy Astor.]]}}
The interior of the house today is very different from its original appearance in 1851–52. This is mainly due to the [[William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor|1st Lord Astor]], who radically altered the interior layout and decoration c.1894–95.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Astors at Cliveden |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cliveden/features/the-astors-at-cliveden |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref> Whereas Barry's original interior for the Sutherlands had included a square entrance-hall, a morning room, and a separate stairwell, Lord Astor wanted a more impressive entrance to Cliveden so he had all three rooms amalgamated to create the Great Hall.<ref name=":5" /><sup>:134</sup>

Astor's aim was for the interior to resemble an Italian [[palazzo]], thus complementing the exterior.<ref name=":0" /> The ceiling and walls were panelled in English [[oak]], with Corinthian columns and swags of carved flowers for decoration, all by architect Frank Pearson.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=National |title=Ceiling 766556 |url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=National |title=Panelling 766555 |url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The staircase newel posts are ornamented with carved figures representing previous owners (e.g. Buckingham and Orkney) by [[William Silver Frith|W.S. Frith]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=National |title=Staircase 766558 |url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Astor installed a large 16th-century fireplace that was purchased from the Frederick Spitzer Sale (lot 1273) in June 1893.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Livingstone |first=Natalie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWbkBgAAQBAJ&dq=cliveden+fireplace&pg=PA404 |title=The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home |date=2 July 2015 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4735-0597-1 |pages=404 |language=en}}</ref> To the left of the fireplace is a portrait of Nancy, Lady Astor by the American portraitist [[John Singer Sargent]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=National |title=Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor CH, MP (1879–1964) 766112 |url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The room was and still is furnished with 18th-century tapestries and suits of armour.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=14 December 1912 |title=Country Home: Cliveden II |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_country-life_1912-12-14_32_832/page/n1/mode/2up?q=cliveden |journal=[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]] |volume=32 |issue=832 |pages=852–854}}</ref>

Originally the floor was covered with [[Mintons Ltd|Minton]] encaustic tiles (given to the Sutherlands by the factory) but Nancy Astor had them removed in 1906 and the present flagstones laid.<ref name="NT42">{{Harvnb|NT Guide|1994|p=42}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fawcett |first=Jane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hony9Z09oQ0C&dq=charles+barry+cliveden&pg=PA132 |title=Historic Floors |date=1 June 2007 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-39856-8 |language=en}}</ref> Above the staircase is a painted ceiling by French artist [[Auguste Hervieu]] which depicts the Sutherlands' children painted as the four seasons, and is the only surviving element of Barry's 1851&ndash;52 interior.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greeves |first=Lydia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LuD3gfEDiSYC&dq=Auguste+Hervieu+cliveden&pg=PA90 |title=Houses of the National Trust |date=30 September 2008 |publisher=Pavilion Books |isbn=978-1-905400-66-9 |pages=90 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:La sala da pranzo francese (Bloseries).jpg|thumb|The French Dining Room.]]
The '''French Dining Room''' is so-called because the 18th-century [[Rococo]] panelling (or boiseries) came from the [[Château d'Asnières]] near Paris, a château which was leased to [[Louis XV]] and his mistress [[Madame de Pompadour]] as a hunting lodge.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rose |first=Norman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rjIssE8EnAC&dq=cliveden+dining+room&pg=PT35 |title=The Cliveden Set |date=28 February 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4464-5039-0 |language=en}}</ref> The panelling was sold in 1897 by Jules Allard to the 1st Lord Astor, who had it installed at Cliveden.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jenkins |first=Laura C. |date=2021 |title=The Gilded Interior: French Style and American Renaissance |journal=Architectural History |language=en |volume=64 |pages=91–112 |doi=10.1017/arh.2021.5 |s2cid=240547633 |issn=0066-622X|doi-access=free }}</ref> The gilded panelling on a turquoise ground contains carvings of [[hare]]s, [[pheasant]]s, hunting dogs and rifles.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} The console tables and buffet were made in 1900 to match the room.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

The second largest room on the ground floor, after the Great Hall, was the original drawing room, which is used as the hotel's main dining room.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cliveden Dining Room {{!}} Cliveden House, Taplow |url=https://www.clivedenhouse.co.uk/dine-with-us/the-cliveden-dining-room/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.clivedenhouse.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Misiura |first=Shashi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFtmcKs-WnAC&dq=cliveden+dining+room&pg=PA97 |title=Heritage Marketing |date=11 August 2006 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-39926-8 |language=en}}</ref>

Also on the ground floor is the library, panelled in cedar wood, which the Astors used to call the "cigar box",<ref name=":5" /><sup>:181</sup> and, next door, Nancy Astor's [[boudoir]], which is used by the hotel as a meeting room.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Boudoir Meeting Room {{!}} Cliveden House, Berkshire |url=https://www.clivedenhouse.co.uk/organise-a-meeting/meeting-rooms/the-boudoir/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.clivedenhouse.co.uk}}</ref>

Upstairs there are a total of 10-bedroom suites divided equally over two floors. The East wing was and still is guest accommodation, whereas the West wing was domestic offices that were converted into more bedrooms in 1994.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}