The vestibule at the front entrance was walled with plaster painted to resemble marble, with vases in niches designed by Johannes Justus.

The Great Hall has a barrel-vaulted ceiling made of plaster painted to look like timber and is a fine setting for the splendid collection of family portraits.

Above the chair rail there is plaster, painted pink, up to the heavily molded wood cornice.

Some of the walls were plaster painted with scenes of the forest and the hunt.

There were homes with huge, heavy black beams and white plaster between, the plaster painted with fanciful designs.

On the ground floor there is a decoration on plaster painted to resemble wood.

While most of the interior has always been very plain, the main foyer features a coloured glass dome lit from above, encircled by elaborately decorated plaster, originally painted in seven colours.

Revised ideas inevitably resulting from the cleaning include new counts of the 'giornate' or areas of fresh plaster painted in a day.

The design revolves around a central representation of "Calvary" surrounded by a "lace" of angels in upholstered wood on a bas-relief background made of plaster painted with tempera and gilt that probably represents Jerusalem.

The vertical of the cross is made of wood; the horizontal bar is plaster painted yellow, pointed at the edges, and stretched across the gallery like antlers or wings.