The Candlelit Gothic Library of Mount Stuart

An opulent, candlelit library inside Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. A vast room of dark mahogany and oak bookcases reaches a high, vaulted ceiling adorned with celestial murals and heraldic plasterwork. A sliding brass ladder glides along ornate rails to access upper shelves. A heavy mahogany desk sits by a tall stained-glass window, with leather-bound volumes, vellum manuscripts, maps, and antique globes scattered across it. Warm amber light from brass lamps and candles casts soft shadows, emphasizing the textures of aged wood, brass, and leather. The air is hushed and scholarly, with dust motes visible in the glow; no people, just the quiet grandeur of a 19th-century library, photographed in hyper-detailed, cinematic realism. Style: Victorian Gothic Revival, high-detail, photorealistic, cinematic lighting, 8k.