About The Range

The National Trust Cornice Range by Stevensons of Norwich is a collection of 48 historically authentic plaster cornices. The patterns have been measured from original mouldings in fifteen historic properties owned by The National Trust.

The Range is divided into four styles, broadly covering the period 1700 – 1840, and has been
designed to work equally well in either a period house or more contemporary setting.

Stevensons of Norwich is the only plaster manufacturer licensed by The National Trust to produce decorative plasterwork, and The National Trust benefits from the sale of each cornice in this collection. Stevensons has a long history of working with The National Trust, and the company is known for the quality of its historic restoration work as well as new architectural interior plasterwork, made by hand using traditional methods in our factory in Norwich.

Our work with The National Trust is recognition of this renowned quality. We are pleased to have worked with The National Trust in developing this collection of authentically detailed plaster cornices.

The National Trust Cornice Range

EG 04  Mottisfont House Green  Library Small

A useful, classically correct, early Georgian moulding found in the Mottisfont Library

RG 10  Mottisfont House  Long Gallery East

With handsome laurel and lotus leaf decoration, this cornice demonstrates a late Regency love of the exotic. Good for dining rooms and libraries 

MG 01  Saltram  Plain 1

From the ‘Rude Corridor’ at Saltram – so called because it is lined with mid-18th century titillating engravings! 

MG 02  Saltram  Plain 2

From another corridor at Saltram, a small and very useful Tuscan moulding

MG 03  Saltram  Red Stair

The walls of the Red Stair are no longer red. A simple yet attractive moulding very good for secondary rooms

NC 10  Saltram  Garden Room

A handsome foliate design for this Garden Room; deep undercut mouldings make this very suitable for a drawing room, dining room or library 

RG 09  Saltram  Mirror Hall  

Late Regency, with an unusual and beautiful decorated soffit; would work well in drawing rooms and dining rooms

MG 04  Stourhead  Stair Hall Soffit

The interior of Stourhead was destroyed by fire in 1902 but underwent scholarly reconstruction carried out by Sir Aston Webb 

NC 08  Stourhead  Library Ante - Chamber Plain

A later 18th century moulding in a wing that survived the fire, which leads to Henry Hoare II’s magnificent Library; ideal for principal rooms

MG 06  Erddig  Rear Staircase

A design taken directly from Palladio’s Quattro Libri, measured at the Roman Pantheon. Popular in the mid 18th century

NC 01  Erddig  Small Stair

A delicate moulding with enriched soffit derived from a simplified Doric order; ideal for use in stairs, halls and bedrooms

NC 11  Erdigg  Drawing Room  

A particularly elegant Honeysuckle design c. 1780-1790; works well in a tall room, but note the useful small projection

MG 07  Croft Castle  Gothick Room

As its name implies, a robust Gothick moulding dating from the mid-eighteenth century remodelling of this ancient building

MG 08  Croft Castle  The Gallery

A richly detailed Georgian Gothick moulding, particularly good for use in libraries, dining rooms or bedrooms

NC 03  Attingham Park  Lady Berwick's Washing Room

A smaller moulding from this great Neo-classical house; with delicate lotus leaf detail, it is excellent for bedrooms and smaller sitting rooms

NC 05  Attingham Park  Servants Hall

Used extensively ‘below stairs’ at Attingham, a plain and attractive moulding for smaller rooms. The frieze adds height

NC 06  Attingham Park  Lady Berwicks Dressing Room

Adjacent to the Washing Room (NC03), this moulding has a similar scale but greater enrichment; excellent for a drawing room or for bedrooms 

NC 09  Attingham Park  Lady  Berwick's Sitting Room

The third in a suite including NC03 and NC06, all three relate well to one another. With its enriched soffit, this is the grandest of the three

RG 01  Attingham Park  Nash Stair Small  

John Nash made significant alterations to the house in 1805; this cornice is part of that work. Can be used reversed in rooms with low ceilings

NC 07  Killerton  Study

A handsome design from this elegant house in Devon; ideal for drawing rooms, libraries and dining rooms

RG 02  Killerton  Entrance Hall  

Later in date than the Study (NC07), this moulding is an attractive and versatile Regency design that works well in many rooms

RG 04  Calke Abbey  Waiting  Room

Calke Abbey, a house lost in time, has a number of Regency mouldings in the ground floor rooms. This is the smallest and most versatile

RG 06  Calke Abbey  Study

A more elaborate moulding from one the Estate Rooms at Calke; excellent in dining rooms, drawing rooms and bedrooms

NC 02  Berrington Hall  Lord Rodney's Bedroom Lobby

A small, simple cornice designed by Henry Holland; excellent for use in any smaller secondary room or corridor 

NC 04  Berrington Hall  Estate Office

A handsome plain moulding for use in bedrooms, corridors and smaller rooms

NC 12  Berrington Hall  Entrance Hall  

A harmonious design by Henry Holland; the original is gilded but this moulding would look well painted to match a decorative scheme

EG 03  Clandon Park   Chintz Bedroom

From an attic bedroom at Clandon, the 1731 trophy house by Giacomo Leoni renowned for its splendid Marble Hall

EG 07   Clandon Park   Gallery 

An Ionic cornice taken from a first floor door surround at the Clandon Marble Hall
 

EG 01  Hatchlands Park  Estate Office 1

A small yet robust ovolo moulding, suitable for secondary rooms and lower ceilings 

EG 02  Hatchlands Park  Estate Office 2

A good plain early Georgian cyma found in the Estate wing at Hatchlands Park 

MG 05  Hatchlands Park  Music Room Ante Chamber

Another Edwardian moulding in an authentic mid eighteenth century manner; a versatile moulding that would look well in many rooms

MG 09  Hatchlands Park  Entrance Hall

An early design by Robert Adam, derived from James Gibbs’s Doric order – a very architectural moulding

MG 10  Hatchlands Park  Boscowen Room Plain 

A beautiful moulding for use in drawing rooms and other principal rooms; care should be taken in setting out to ensure correct bracket spacing

MG 11  Hatchlands Park  Entrance Hall

Robert Adam’s design (simplified in MG09); a bold egg and dart and beautiful florets to the soffit; requires a generous ceiling height

MG 12  Hatchlands Park  Boscowen Room  

A very good enriched Corinthian cornice with attractive brackets and florets. Requires a generous ceiling height

RG 03  Fenton House  Porcelain Room

A moulding with similar character as RG02, but more delicate; the Porcelain Room is famously decorated by John Fowler

EG 05  Fenton House  Garden Room

A dentil cornice found in the ground floor of Fenton House in Hampstead – one of the few early cornices to survive in the house

RG 07  Fenton House  Dining Room  

An attractive Regency moulding with enriched foliate decoration; suitable for many rooms where a delicate effect is sought

EG 08  Mompesson House  Entrance Hall

One of three Early Georgian mouldings from Mompesson House, one of the most beautiful houses in Salisbury Cathedral Close

EG 09  Mompesson House  Dining Room Plain

The plain-run mouldings match the proportions of the original perfectly. Enriched versions are available in the bespoke range

EG 10  Mompesson House  Small Drawing Room Plain 

All three Mompesson cornices will create a strong, architectural character and would relate well to one another in adjacent rooms

EG 11  Mompesson House  Entrance Hall Enriched

With the same profile as EG08, but enriched with delicate floral and leaf motifs. A robust moulding

EG 12  Mompesson House  Dining Room Enriched

With a strongly modelled Egg and Dart moulding; this cornice needs a generous ceiling height and well-dimensioned room to breathe

EG 13  Mompesson House  Small Drawing Room Enriched

Of a similar scale to EG12, this cornice has unusual shell and harebell motifs in place of a conventional egg and dart moulding 

EG 14  Mompesson House  Dining Room Apse  

This handsome, architectural moulding works well in a more masculine room. Care must be taken in the setting out of the brackets

RG 08  A la Ronde  Library

A useful and attractive Regency design found in several rooms of this extraordinary sixteen-sided folly in Devon

EG 06  Carlyle's House  Dining Room

A mid-sized Doric cornice which will achieve a handsome, plain, architectural effect 

RG 05  Carlyles House  Sitting Room  

Part of the mid 19th century redecoration of Carlyle’s handsome townhouse in Chelsea; an unusal profile, but very good in situ