It is rather an ornamental building, with stone pinnacles and carved stonework over the doorway.

It was a magnificent-looking building-moresultan's palace than theater, with carved stonework, arch-ways ,vaultedwindows.

One wall was a lattice of carved stonework in the form of interlacing trees that framed an open doorway.

The mansion's front was all elaborate, carved stonework, dizzying in its detail: flowers and filigrees, dainty rods and swooping ribbons.

Inside was a lot of smoothly carved stonework, old books, balconies and the strained hush of young people being unnaturally quiet.

There were just a few traces of other buildings in the sheds and walls, and bits of carved stonework piled up in a rockery.