The Visitor is male and clearly mucking about, with a hat and a mask on a stick. He is clearly to be interpreted and seen in the context of the fad for Chinoiserie in the 'Twenties, but safely combined with a watermill from an image by Cecil Beaton, injecting just the right note of the Pastoral. He is awaiting his Lady Guest, and just can't wait to get tucked up for the night. The Mill Pond is smooth and soundless. Toilet facilities can be seen behind the bedhead.

I think he is striking the Pose of an Alderman, don't you? The Snake on the roof, I hasten to add, is made of putty, and installed only to frighten the Children. I don't think the Alderman is at all scared.

One account written by a foreign guest c1960 complained that the decorative thatch weave on the model cottage to the right was alive with small insects at night, and moved independently by day.