Danford House

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Danford House

Grounds
Driveway
Exterior
Colonnade
Grounds
First Floor
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Dining Room
Reception Room
Staircase


Second Floor
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Third Floor
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Fourth Floor
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Grounds

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First Floor

  • Entrance Hall: x
  • Estate Office: x
  • Billiards Room: x
  • Library: x
  • Drawing Room: x
  • Study: x
  • Gallery: x
  • Reception Room: x
  • Terrace: x
  • Dining Room: x
  • Dining Room 2: x
  • Kitchen: x
  • Utility Room: x
  • Garage: x


  • a massive paneled stair hall with twin staircases
  • capacious double-height dining and drawing rooms.
  • A vast 70-foot long and 20-foot high walnut-paneled ballroom with gilded cornices and multiple fireplaces has at least seven sets of French doors that open the to a wide terrace that overlooks the pastoral grounds.
  • intimately-scaled library, study, billiard room and estate office with separate entrance and private bath on the ground floor.
  • A latter addition to Witanhurst House contains extensive staff quarters comprised at least a dozen private bedrooms that share just 4 bathrooms.
  • We counted at least two dozen fireplaces throughout the house.

Second Floor

  • North Bedroom: x
  • Playroom: x
  • South Bedroom: x
  • Staff Wing: x
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    • X: x
    • X: x
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  • six principal bedrooms–two on the mezzanine and four on the second floor–each with en suite pooper.

Third Floor

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  • Eight more bedrooms share 2 bathrooms on the third floor, probably originally designed to house live-in domestics.

Fourth Floor

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