This large salon with painted decoration in the Neo-Classical style overlooks the Bay of Naples. Were it not for the intricacy of detail in the overdoor temple and vase and the antique Roman tombs in the ceiling cove, the room would appear almost austere, with the regularly-spaced doors and windows matched by very tall plain pier and over-mantel glasses. This kind of decoration was regarded as sufficient in itself, as indicated by the quite simple drapery and the absence of pictures on the wall.
The room retains the suite of formal eighteenth century seat-furniture and banquettes in the corners, upholstered to match the striped walls, and this has been supplemented with a miscellany of useful additions; a round marble-topped table of about 1810, lightweight ladder-back chairs, a low black leather armchair with matching footrest, the grand piano of about 1830-40 and an oil lamp on the side table at the back of the room. Such lamps had the great advantage of giving intense light, equivalent, it was said, to that of seven candles, but the quality was harsh and many people preferred to use candles as the pair of candelabra on the chimneypiece show. The fine clock is kept safely under a glass dome as was common practice in the nineteenth century