Like many houses n the city"," the house had a cavernous and damp. Also maybe pick a different word because saying house twice in one sentence in that manner is a little redundant.
Like many houses in the city the house had a cavernous and damp
French king doesn’t need to be capitalized.
Roman always liked to furnish his homes in the same period of history, that of the French King, Louis the 14th.
For instance this would be fine with just a comma, I think it would sound better in fact.
that led to the garden and barking frenziedly at imaginary intruders as they played with each other
Isn’t it just bedroom? I don’t known if that was intentional or not.
along the short gravel drive that "led" up
along the short gravel drive that lead up