On each wing of the main building were spacious, modern rooms, occupied by the family as private apartments, viz: the drawing-room, dining-room, and sleeping apartments.
But perhaps the most attractive feature of the castle is the extensive library--an octagonal room in a small tower, apparently built at a recent date.

The stained glass of its oriel window is very beautiful; the handsomely gilded ceiling and pannelled walls have a fine and striking effect; the floor is paved in marble, with inlaid mosaic; the shelves of rosewood and oak are filled with the most costly productions of literature, ancient and modern.

This ancient family had cherished a fond taste for letters and science.

The present lord, uncle of Lady Rosamond, still found leisure to devote many hours in his favorite resort--the library.

Gerald Bereford cultivated a taste likewise.