 The upper floor had been equipped for illegal cock-fighting at the beginning of the 20th century; Beaton used the cages as wardrobes to store the costumes for his play "The Gainsborough Girls".In 1971 he added a water garden in the meadow at the front of the house with a walkway and playground, the Elysian field which still exists.Beaton also added the indoor "Winter Garden" with a glass dome roof and a small pool in the marble floor.