Little Greene Travertine Paint No. 319

In its varied history, Basildon Park has served 150 years as a grand family home, a stint as a convalescent hospital in the First World War, an army barracks in the Second World War and even survived an attempt to dismantle it and rebuild it brick by brick in America. Fortunately, in the 1950s, it fell into the philanthropic hands of Lord and Lady Iliffe, who gave it a passion for Renaissance interiors. This warm, neutral paint colour was used on the walls of the Staircase Hall, designed to feel more like a drawing room than a cold hallway.