Rice Anne. The Master of Rampling Gate (Short fiction)

Anne Rice's first and only short story dealing with vampires tells the tale of a young woman and her brother as they visit their ancestral home after the death of their father. Rampling Gate, passed down from generation to generation for centuries had always been the home of the Rampling family. That was of course until their father had left the mansion vowing never again to return. Both siblings are awestruck by the beauty and magnificence of the place which makes fulfilling their father's deathbed wish all the harder for their father has commanded that Rampling Gate be torn down.