Description:The fireplace in the Billiard Room at Wightwick Manor.
A billiard room was often a feature of Victorian country houses. In the billiard room at Wightwick Manor there is a large ingle-nook' fireplace with William Morris 'Daisy Patten' tiles which were hand- painted in blue and yellow onto white Dutch blanks. It has a copper hood over a wrought iron fireback, cast-iron fire-basket and a balustraded dais alongside which houses a seat.
Whitwick Manor is Grade I listed and dates from 1887 with 1893 extensions. Designed by Edward Ould (who also designed the Mander's other property nearby, ‘The Mount') for Theodore Mander, a local industrialist. Although Wightwick’s decoration and furnishings were not supervised by Morris or his firm, there is original Morris & Co. wallpapers, fabrics, furniture and fittings. There are William De Morgan tiles, W.A.S. Benson metalwork, fine plasterwork by Leonard Shuffrey and stained glass by one of the foremost Victorian makers, Charles Kempe. It is now a National Trust property.