Thorne Estate and Manor
The Thorne Estate anchors High Aranthaes with a formal walled garden and a marble manor known for its silk pavilions and showrooms. Paths of pale stone lead past citrus and rose to calm courts where water runs in narrow rills. The house presents a gracious face to the city while its private wings handle high level trade in textiles and refined metals.
The south terraces are set for long views over the island. In the late light the lawns glow and the silk awnings shift softly in the breeze. Visitors remark on the quiet order of the place and the subtle scent of dye herbs that lingers near the work courts.
Geometric parterres frame lily basins and clipped laurel. A silk walk with shade frames displays of seasonal patterns. Herb beds hold madder, woad, and saffron under careful watch. A small orchard supplies the kitchen and the dye house with citrus peel and blossom.
Reception halls are dressed with tapestries from the House of D’Artois. A gallery of samples and commissions sits beside a counting room for metals. Guest salons open to a lantern court for private showings by lamplight. Servant routes keep movement silent and efficient.
Estate guards rotate along the wall walk. Stewards supervise dye herb stores and sample vaults. Tailors and conservators tend textiles and mounts. Visitors are announced at the fore court and escorted by a house usher at all times.
Silk, lace, luxury imports, and refined metals move through the estate offices. Contracts are witnessed in a paneled room set with a single scale and a ledger desk. Rumor says select buyers receive midnight previews of new D’Artois lines.