Well, like so many large Victorian piles the occupants didn't necessarily keep to the architectural vision. It was hugely redeveloped by successive generations.

Well, like so many large Victorian piles the occupants didn't necessarily keep to the architectural vision. It was hugely redeveloped by successive generations. Most houses would suffer if you "added an extra floor, two new wings and towers" in a different style and demolished the central clock tower. The woodcut illustration, presumably of the original house, at least has some coherence to it though not to my taste.