. Wiltshire notes and queries. has been added to its beauties. The long range ofoffices to the right, and the barn, seem to have been built inQueen Elizabeths time, and in the Guest Chamber a very elabo-rate fireplace was inserted, by which the hand of destruction firstwent to work, in cutting up into the oak-ribbed roof, to admit ofthe singular design of meretricious taste. The Banqueting Hall was a room 40 feet by 20 feet, and 20feet high, entered from the richly groined Porch. The Screenwas similar to that at Haddon Hall. Unfortunately, this Hall hasbeen cut up into rooms, and the screens a
. Wiltshire notes and queries. has been added to its beauties. The long range ofoffices to the right, and the barn, seem to have been built inQueen Elizabeths time, and in the Guest Chamber a very elabo-rate fireplace was inserted, by which the hand of destruction firstwent to work, in cutting up into the oak-ribbed roof, to admit ofthe singular design of meretricious taste. The Banqueting Hall was a room 40 feet by 20 feet, and 20feet high, entered from the richly groined Porch. The Screenwas similar to that at Haddon Hall. Unfortunately, this Hall hasbeen cut up into rooms, and the screens and gallery will be seen by the illustration, the Guest Chamber behind theeastern oriel window has been pulled down, and the whole interiorof what is left has been modernised to suit the requirements ofa farmhouse. The house is surrounded by a moat. The twooriels are very beautiful, and give a dignified appearance to whatis generally a reposeful design. Great or East Chalfield is in the Hundred of Bradford, between. 2 Wiltshire Notes arid Queries. the towns of Bradford and Melksham, about four miles from name is also written Chaldefeld, Chaufield, Chaudefeld, andChaoile. The site is supposed to have been occupied by theRomans, but no remains exist of any original fortifications. Theparish is mentioned in Domesday. In te?np. Edward I, the manorwas held as a whole knights fee, by Sir William Rous, of the Earlof Salisbury, as part of the Honour of Trowbridge ; and, by virtueof the manor, Rous and succeeding Lords of Chalfield wereConstables of Trowbridge Castle. Temp. Edward III, the manors of Chalfield and Trowbridgewere held by Phillip Fitzwaryn, who granted a part to the Courtof Edyngton. The next known patron of the living was WilliamRous, armiger, Chamberlain to Henry VI in virtue of the manorof Imber; but it seems to be doubtful if he ever was the lawfulpossessor of the manor of Great Chalfield. The manor was for anumber of years in the possession of the
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