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# Ceiling painting with a cat in the summer house at Grimsthorpe estate, Lincolnshire
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/prelestnye-rospisi-letnego-domika-v-pomeste-grimstorp-v-linkolnshire/
- Published: 2023-05-15T14:04:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:02:01.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Art, Moscow, Heritage

Charming painted decoration in the summerhouse at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire. Especially the cat, peering down like a deity from the summit of the ceiling. Such paintings were to be found in many wealthy houses of the 19th century and earlier. In Moscow they survive in the Stanislavsky house, and moreover in their pre-fire state

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_8970@15-05-2023_17-04-01.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_8971@15-05-2023_17-04-01.jpg)