Broughton Castle - Queen Anne´s Room

This room is named after Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, who slept here in 1604. Her contemporary portrait, by an unknown painter, hangs over the fireplace.

The stone chimney piece was built by Richard Fiennes in about 1551 and was carved by English masons. It is thought that the two heads and the heraldic arms on either side of the fireplace may be those of Margaret Danvers, Richard's mother and of Sir Thomas Nevill, his stepfather.

The mahogany four-poster bed is English late eighteenth century, in the style of Hepplewhite. Its 200-year-old cover is Chinese. The curtains around the bed gave the user some privacy and helped stop draughts.

The Chapel can be seen through a hagioscope or 'squint' in the north-east corner of the room (here the left corner in the foreground).

15asph./Agfa Scala