The staircase here goes up to the tower from the first floor, but after the first landing there’s a low beam obstructing passage. It appears not to have been added later, but perhaps the whole thing needed reinforcing and there’s a steel beam in there. Unfortunately, the National Trust didn’t have any information displayed about why it was like this.

Looking out a window on the verandah, down past the flagpole to the river and the little bay in which the school’s rowing club launches.

With jetty 1245 in the foreground.