ABSTRACT
Each room in the house was given a name, reflecting its content, decoration or position in the house. Seventh Heaven was a room which reflected childhood, and according to Wade was that place 'only to be attained in childhood, before schools and school masters have been able to destroy the greatest of treasures, the imagination'. This suggests some idealisation of the past. He had over 4,000 pieces of costume (which due to the requirements of environmental storage are no longer on display), which he liked to wear and which were frequently used for amateur dramatics. Paget Wade was a man seldom seen, but friendly. He was by no means a recluse - his guests included such famous names as John Betjeman, Virginia Woolf and J. B. Priestley. His guests were often drawn into his amateur dramatics.
