. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. SALFORD HUNDRED MANCHESTER 13 ft. wide inside, with deep ingle nook, has been inserted at the west end, taking up more than half the width of the apartment and entirely destroying the screen and encroaching on the passage way at the back. This seems to have been done before the in- troduction of the floor, as the upper part of the fire- place is carried up to the roof in an elaborate brick- work composition, with embattled cornices, herring- bone panels, and other ornamentation. The upper part of this chimney can still be see
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. SALFORD HUNDRED MANCHESTER 13 ft. wide inside, with deep ingle nook, has been inserted at the west end, taking up more than half the width of the apartment and entirely destroying the screen and encroaching on the passage way at the back. This seems to have been done before the in- troduction of the floor, as the upper part of the fire- place is carried up to the roof in an elaborate brick- work composition, with embattled cornices, herring- bone panels, and other ornamentation. The upper part of this chimney can still be seen from the bed- rooms, but is now covered with whitewash. In the upper part of the bay window, now a bedroom, on the east wall, some of the oak panelling of the hall still remains, together with a plaster frieze on which is a shield of arms bearing Holland impaling ; The introduction of the great fireplace and ingle nook into the hall necessitated the partial destruction of the gallery over the passage, and the whole of the original arrangement of the hall at this end suffered a good deal of change. The fireplaces in the destroyed west wing are said to have been of ornamental brickwork corresponding in style with that in the great hall. They were later than the original arrangement of the kitchen passage, and may have been inserted as late as the beginning of the 17th century, at the time the plaster ornament in the upper part of the bay was put up. The east end and south side of the house have been entirely rebuilt in brick, and when the west wing was pulled down that end was similarly refaced. The upper part at the east end is approached by a brick and stone staircase on the outside, but this end of the house has no points of interest in it. In the detached east wing, which is 5 5 ft. long, are three principals, the tie-beams of which are moulded and ornamented with traceried panels and shields. They are unequally spaced, one being at the south end next the house
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