The house is certainly interesting, especially considering that it was designed, and the construction supervised, by one of the most famous British architects and collectors, Thomas Hope, on what was essentially a newly opened frontier. I would liked to have gotten better historical information however; for example, the beaver lake for which the ...

Majestic stone house with all kinds of neat idiosyncrasies and lots of family stories. The guide knew plenty of details and had a lot of fun with the tour. It would definitely be worth going through again. It's really incredible!