Drawing room : Melrose House

The current appearance of the drawing room is a reproduction of the redecoration of the room after the Anglo-Boer War. This was done with compensation money received by the Heys family from the British government for the use of Melrose House as headquarters during the war. The room was damaged by a bomb blast in 1990, after which the ceiling, wallpaper, curtains and carpet had to be replaced with copies of the original. It was possible to restore the original furniture and most of the porcelain.