Finally, theatre can be a form of home entertainment as well as for public performance. This image shows a group of amateur actors from Walton Hall, home of the Waterton family for many years. The actors, possibly house-guests or members of the family are seen here dressed in costumes borrowed from members of household staff. A purpose built private theatre was considered by Charles Winn, the 5th Baronet of Nostell Priory in the 1820s, as a new use for the Riding House on his estate, but was never actually built. Theatre was a popular entertainment in the greatest country houses in the district as well as less grand private homes in pre-television days, and this short trip through some aspects of theatre in the District shows that from the smallest to the largest scale, live performance is an important part of our heritage, despite the popularity of other more recent media such as film and television.