Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.
Drayton Hall Preservation Trust has been awarded the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation from The Decorative Arts Trust. This award will help fund the conservation of the Great Hall plaster ceiling, the investigation of the plaster ceiling in the Drawing Room, and digital and in-person access to these spaces during and after this preservation project.
The Great Hall is located on the lower level of Drayton Hall – a memorable entrance to the house, is twelve feet high and is decorated with cast plaster elements. The current ceiling is the third plaster ceiling installed in the Lower Great Hall, the design likely dates to the 1880’s. Severe deflection in the floor joins above has been an ongoing issue, and has undergone several repair and preservation projects.
The Drawing Room, situated on the southeast corner of Drayton Hall also boasts a twelve foot high ceiling. The original hand-carved plaster ceiling in the Drawing Room is thought to be the oldest of its kind to survive in North America.
Published: December 2, 2024
Preserving a house as old as Drayton Hall is both an art and a science. Take our work on the conservation of the decorative cast plaster ceiling in the Great…
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Hannah Truman is a graduate student completing her MS in the Clemson University Historic Preservation program. As the 2024 Riley Collections Fellow, Hannah documented nail holes, extant hanging…
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3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC 29414
Drayton Hall's main house and landscape are open to the public daily from 9 am to 5:00pm* (gate closes at 3:30 pm). The gate will accept no cash transactions.
