Edgewater

Edgewater Estate is your father's estate, which later becomes yours, in the Desire & Decorum series.

History and Location
Edgewater has been home to the Earl of Edgewater and his family since the title was created for Alfred, First Earl of Edgewater, who is believed to have been a royal bastard. It was later held by Richard of Caen and a prior Vincent (your father's namesake and "a bit of a scoundrel"), among others.

Vincent Foredale, Earl of Edgewater and your father, first expected to pass the estate to his son Harry. After Harry's death, it was assumed it would pass instead to his stepson, Edmund Marlcaster. Instead, your father wills the estate to you.

Edgewater is within walking distance of Ledford Park, leading to a close relationship between the families in the two estates. You describe it as being large enough to hold your cottage twenty times over, although this may have been hyperbole.

Edgewater Estate

 * Great room
 * Sitting room
 * Bedrooms
 * Study
 * Gallery Room
 * Dining room
 * Ballroom
 * Cellar
 * Parlor

Edgewater Grounds

 * Gardens (designed in part by Ernest Sinclaire's grandmother)
 * Stables (Luke Harper's place of work before his firing)
 * Lake

Trivia

 * The paintings in the Foyer are: Marie Leszczinska, reine de France (1747) by Charles-André van Loo (currently located in the Palace of Versailles), and Peter III and Catherine II of Russia (1756) by Anna Rosina Lisiewska (currently located in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden).
 * One of the paintings in the Gallery Room is Madame Rimsky Korsakov (1864) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (currently located in the Musée d’Orsay).
 * The painting in the Dining Room is Equestrian portrait of Francisco de Moncada (1634-1635) by Anthony Van Dyck (currently located in the Louvre).
 * The painting in the Drawing Room is a detail from The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire (1835-1836) by Thomas Cole (currently located at the New-York Historical Society).
 * The painting in Vincent's Bedroom is L'Assaut (1898) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (currently located in the Musée d’Orsay).
 * The painting in the Parlor is Pastoral Landscape (1861) by Asher Durand (currently located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.).