When the Lakeland Arts Trust acquired Blackwell it did not contain any original furnishings. Today the objects in the period room displays are drawn from the Trust’s own collections and loans from other institutions and private lenders.

The Trust is committed to acquiring objects that relate directly to the house or its architect, recent acquisitions include the lavish folio edition of Baillie Scott’s entry for the 1900 competition to design A House for an Art Lover and a fruitwood master moulds for the plasterwork in the White Drawing Room.