"There is a story that when Shakespeare became famous
and returned to Stratford to buy an estate he was welcomed at Charlecote...,
and if so he would know these rooms and many of their treasures."

From the National Trust Guidebook:
"The entrance porch is placed off-centre in the medieval way,
but is Renaissance in form, with Corinithian columns placed above Ionic pillars.
It is emblazoned with the arms of Queen Elizabeth to mark her visit in 1572."