Archaeologia cantiana . Chimney Piece. Re ( 117 ) HISTORY OE RESTORATION HOUSE,ROCHESTER. BY STEPHEN T. AVELING. Restoration House, or The Restoration House, is supposedto have been built between the years 1580 and 1600. Theground-plan of the house forms a letter E, the two outerprojections forming wings, and the centre projection theporch. It is built of red brick, and has an oak roof covered withred tiles. Most of the window frames and mullions are ofoak, but some are of moulded brick. The porch, and thewalls on each side of the porch, appear to have been cased,with a brighter red brick,
Archaeologia cantiana . Chimney Piece. Re ( 117 ) HISTORY OE RESTORATION HOUSE,ROCHESTER. BY STEPHEN T. AVELING. Restoration House, or The Restoration House, is supposedto have been built between the years 1580 and 1600. Theground-plan of the house forms a letter E, the two outerprojections forming wings, and the centre projection theporch. It is built of red brick, and has an oak roof covered withred tiles. Most of the window frames and mullions are ofoak, but some are of moulded brick. The porch, and thewalls on each side of the porch, appear to have been cased,with a brighter red brick, some fifty years after the erectionof the building. Some elaborate string courses, mouldings,pilasters, and decoration in brickwork were then added. On entering the porch, the hall is on the right hand. Atits farther end is the dais, raised about 6 inches above thelevel of the hall. Beyond this, in the southern wing, and atthe back of the house is the drawing-room, panelled withoak, and having a handsome chimney-piece (a), which isillustrat
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