The ceilings were thirteen foot high with ornate cornicing.

Siobhan agreed, staring up at the ornate cornicing.

Millard's house, derelict when she bought it, had been a council home, albeit of decidedly superior vintage, with Victorian cornicing and marvellously high ceilings.

It is a Georgian building and, although altered over the years, retains many period features including a dog-leg staircase, internal cornicing and dado panelling.

He saw layers of peeling wallpaper, bare plaster and a fireplace, the ceiling a diseased-looking plague of blistered paint and crumbling cornicing.

The hotel is housed in what was once the Midland bank, and it's everything a one-time financial powerhouse should look like: lofty ceilings, intricate cornicing, air of grandeur.

The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you'd see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing.

Its five vast suites have been jazzed up with Cole & Son wallpapers, regency chairs, silk curtains and designer lamps, while keeping the flagged stone floors and decorative cornicing.

Frequented by discerning Avignonians, as well as hotel guests, the dining room - ornate cornicing, glittering chandeliers and murky antique mirrors - positively buzzed with laughter and appreciative chatter, while the polo-shirted waiting staff added to the relaxed air.

LOOKS Honeypot House, once owned by the MP and diarist Alan Clark, is a Grade II listed Georgian property, full of character, with bay/sash windows, exposed wood floors, panelled doors and elegant cornicing.