Sinhagiri Enquire

The house, and everything in it

The House

Nothing at Sinhagiri feels chosen simply to fill a space. Vintage furniture, layered textiles and collected art make rooms that feel lived in, loved, and entirely their own.

01 — The Drawing Room

Bold, dramatic, unapologetic.

An ornate fireplace, an antique mirror, vivid walls and collected art: a room that invites you to look twice, and then a little closer.

The red drawing room: a marble fireplace with a fire lit, a gilt mirror above, botanical prints either side and leather sofas.
Look closer — 4 things in this photo
  1. The gilt mirror. An arched gilt mirror over the mantel. In this room it reflects mostly red.
  2. The botanical prints. Two large botanical prints in matching dark frames, one either side of the chimney breast. Same frames, different flowers.
  3. The marble fireplace. A marble fireplace with a brass fender. Logs are stacked to the left of it.
  4. The small dark figure. A small seated figure in dark metal on the side table, by the right-hand sofa.

Every frame holds a detail. The walls are layered with portraits, prints and memories, giving the house a sense of history that cannot simply be recreated.

A red wall hung floor to ceiling with framed prints and photographs, beside an open black door.
02 — The Snug

The warmest room in the house.

Quilted lattice walls the colour of old wine, a carved timber fireplace, and two deep leather armchairs drawn up to it.

A dark snug with quilted oxblood walls, a carved timber fireplace with a fire burning, two armchairs and a brass camel lying at the hearth.
Look closer — 4 things in this photo
  1. The brass camel. A brass camel, lying down at the hearth. It has the warmest spot in the house.
  2. The white horse head. A white horse head on the mantelshelf, under a landscape painting that runs the width of the fire.
  3. The carved arch. A carved timber surround, arched over the fire. The walls either side are quilted in an oxblood lattice.
  4. The brass kettle. A brass kettle beside the left-hand armchair.
03 — The Great Hall

Timber, snooker, stags.

The grandest room in the house: a honey-coloured timber ceiling, navy sofas heaped with leopard-print cushions, blue-and-white ginger jars, and a snooker table at the heart of it.

The great hall: a honey-coloured timber ceiling, a snooker table, blue-and-white ginger jars, navy sofas with leopard-print cushions and stag heads on the far wall.
Look closer — 5 things in this photo
  1. The stag heads. Stag heads, mounted in a column on the far wall, watching the snooker table.
  2. The ginger jars. A pair of blue-and-white ginger jars with lids, standing behind the sofas.
  3. The black-and-white panels. Tall black-and-white figurative panels, set around the walls of the hall.
  4. The leopard cushions. Leopard-print cushions. They turn up in several rooms of the house.
  5. The red cushion. One red cushion. In this room, the only one.
Navy floral armchairs and sofas in the great hall, black-and-white panels behind and stag heads on the wall.
Two brass lamps with parchment shades beside a tufted leather sofa.
04 — The Sitting Room

Going nowhere, at speed.

At Sinhagiri the unexpected is part of the charm. Sculpture turns up throughout the house and gardens, so an ordinary walk becomes a small journey of discovery.

A warm brown sitting room with a large statue of a horse and jockey mid-stride, cane-backed armchairs and tall lamps.
Look closer — 3 things in this photo
  1. The horse and jockey. A horse and jockey in dark metal, mid-stride on a low plinth. Going nowhere, at speed.
  2. The horse head by the window. A horse head mounted on the wall beside the window.
  3. More leopard cushions. Leopard-print cushions again, on the sofa by the window.
A gilded camel figure with an ornate saddle, standing on a patterned carpet.
A weathered carved and painted horse, rearing on the verandah beside a tree.
A dark horseman with hounds on a black plinth, before a red curtain, between lamps.
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05 — The Cloakroom

A Picasso, in the cloakroom.

Even the most functional rooms keep the character of the house. This one is hung like a small gallery.

06 — The Sunroom

Some corners are made for lingering.

Morning light through green-framed windows, a chaise, a tiled floor. Nothing on the agenda.

A red leather wing chair beside blue hydrangeas in glass vases and a stag figure.
A glazed sunroom with green-black window frames, a white chaise longue and a patterned rug on a tiled floor.
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Standing watch.

The lions at the entrance pavilion face each other on their plinth. There are more: on the front steps, in relief on a step, and a lion and lioness drawn large inside the house.

Two dark lion statues facing each other on a cream plinth beneath the lattice of the entrance pavilion, the garden behind.
A large drawing of a lion and lioness above a vase of pink, red and blue flowers and an oil lamp.
Hats on a wooden stand: a black felt, a straw hat and a red cordobés hat.
By the door: the hat stand.
Look closer — 1 thing in this photo
  1. The red cordobés. A red cordobés hat on the stand, between a straw hat and a black felt. On this site it is the Enquire button.
08 — The Gardens

Another palette entirely.

Green lawns, flowering borders and open skies: a garden to wander without any particular destination in mind.

The house's butter-yellow front with green-framed windows behind a lawn, hills rising behind.
A cream statue of two cherubs on a gatepost beside green railings.
A garden path between banks of agapanthus, a green-roofed building and trees beyond.
The open gates between two statue-topped pillars, the drive leading to the house.

Catalogue of the house

The Cabinet.

Everything the house will tell you about, in one place. Choose any of them to see it where it lives.

  1. Gilt mirror

    An arched gilt mirror over the mantel. In this room it reflects mostly red.

    The Drawing Room

  2. Botanical prints

    Two large botanical prints in matching dark frames, one either side of the chimney breast. Same frames, different flowers.

    The Drawing Room

  3. Marble fireplace

    A marble fireplace with a brass fender. Logs are stacked to the left of it.

    The Drawing Room

  4. Small dark figure

    A small seated figure in dark metal on the side table, by the right-hand sofa.

    The Drawing Room

  5. Brass camel

    A brass camel, lying down at the hearth. It has the warmest spot in the house.

    The Snug

  6. White horse head

    A white horse head on the mantelshelf, under a landscape painting that runs the width of the fire.

    The Snug

  7. Carved arch

    A carved timber surround, arched over the fire. The walls either side are quilted in an oxblood lattice.

    The Snug

  8. Brass kettle

    A brass kettle beside the left-hand armchair.

    The Snug

  9. Stag heads

    Stag heads, mounted in a column on the far wall, watching the snooker table.

    The Great Hall

  10. Ginger jars

    A pair of blue-and-white ginger jars with lids, standing behind the sofas.

    The Great Hall

  11. Black-and-white panels

    Tall black-and-white figurative panels, set around the walls of the hall.

    The Great Hall

  12. Leopard cushions

    Leopard-print cushions. They turn up in several rooms of the house.

    The Great Hall

  13. Red cushion

    One red cushion. In this room, the only one.

    The Great Hall

  14. Picasso poster

    A Pablo Picasso exhibition poster. It hangs in the cloakroom.

    The Cloakroom

  15. Red settee

    A red settee in the cloakroom. Most houses would not. This one did.

    The Cloakroom

  16. Sea picture

    A framed sea scene in blues and greens, with figures riding sea creatures.

    The Cloakroom

  17. Crest

    A framed crest on a red ground scattered with gold.

    The Cloakroom

  18. Horse and jockey

    A horse and jockey in dark metal, mid-stride on a low plinth. Going nowhere, at speed.

    The Brown Sitting Room

  19. Horse head by the window

    A horse head mounted on the wall beside the window.

    The Brown Sitting Room

  20. More leopard cushions

    Leopard-print cushions again, on the sofa by the window.

    The Brown Sitting Room

  21. Gothic mirror

    A Gothic mirror with spires and twisted columns. It shows you the wallpaper behind you.

    A bedroom

  22. China dogs

    A pair of china dogs, one at each end of the flowers. Like the lions at the gate, only smaller.

    A bedroom

  23. Peony wallpaper

    Red peonies on black, either side of a saffron wall.

    A bedroom

  24. Floral panels

    Floral panels painted in the manner of old Dutch still lifes: tulips, peonies, sunflowers, a butterfly or two.

    The Dining Room

  25. Brass chandelier

    A brass chandelier with a polished globe, low over the table.

    The Dining Room

  26. Red bay

    A bay window hung with sheer red curtains. In the afternoon the light comes through them.

    The Dining Room

  27. Urn

    A red urn of foliage on a marble-topped table in the bay.

    The Dining Room

  28. Red cordobés

    A red cordobés hat on the stand, between a straw hat and a black felt. On this site it is the Enquire button.

    The Hall

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