the cornice, convex in section and carved with panels of strapwork between grotesque masks over a frieze of applied fretwork, all above a central parcel-gilt and polychrome painted armorial panel, carved with the arms of Howard impaling Knyvett*, flanked by supporting feline herms; the armorial panel is flanked by two pairs of herm figures carved in deep relief - two moustachioed males and two females - with panels of cartouches between them and a breakfront frieze below, ornamented with carvings of opposed dolphins and scrollwork, *Katherine Howard née Knyvett, Countess of Suffolk, inherited Charlton Park on the death of her father, Sir Henry Knyvett, in 1598.  Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, wed Katherine around 1580; the union is represented in the central combined, or impaled, arms,