# Drawing room \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NEWDIGATE, Roger]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Sir Roger Newdigate rebuilt his country seat of Arbury Hall into one of the finest, though less well-known, Gothic monuments. It was a project that took 50 years to complete. Work began in 1748, and proceeded gradually. Newdigate opted for a specific medieval structure as a model, the opulently decorated Perpendicular <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/zzzarchi/16c/4/01e\_1501.html'\)" href="/html/zzzarchi/16c/4/01e\_1501.html">Henry VII Chapel</a> in Westminster Abbey. Arbury Hall, unlike Strawberry Hill, is consistently decorated throughout with the rich architectural patterns of English Perpendicular, with flattened four-centred Tudor arches, tall, narrow tracery paneling, bay windows, and especially fan vaulting. The photo shows a detail of bow window in the drawing room. ## Related artworks - [Dining room and hall]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()