 The castle chapel runs alongside the east side of the court , 41 feet ( 12 metres ) long and originally laid with bright yellow and tiles and decorated with gold and silver vestments . The Long Gallery stretches across the whole east first @-@ floor of the Fountain Court and , although now ruined , would have been a show @-@ piece for the earls ' wealth and power . The gallery was 126 feet ( 38 metres ) long and during the Tudor period it would have been wood @-@ panelled throughout and lined with tapestries and paintings . The Long Galley was intended to allow family and guests to relax inside and to admire the gardens , water gardens and the deer park to the north of the castle . Although most of this decoration has since been lost , two caryatid statues can still be seen on the walls of the Long Galley , modelled on a work by the French artist Hugues Sambin . 
