. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE measured about 18 in. by i representation of a coach ; ript. ' and another, i in.; at the top was a d horses, below which me is flying, the coach is indecipherable. door opens into a passage leading through the house [o the staircase at the back. To the left of the passage, through a modern partition, is the old hall, now used as the dining room, and beyond the hall is the drawing room or parlour ; both these rooms have the original stone fireplaces with moulded jambs and four-centred arches. A modern
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE measured about 18 in. by i representation of a coach ; ript. ' and another, i in.; at the top was a d horses, below which me is flying, the coach is indecipherable. door opens into a passage leading through the house [o the staircase at the back. To the left of the passage, through a modern partition, is the old hall, now used as the dining room, and beyond the hall is the drawing room or parlour ; both these rooms have the original stone fireplaces with moulded jambs and four-centred arches. A modern external doorway with a small porch has been formed on the north-west side of the hall. To the right of the central passage is the kitchen, with a fireplace 8 ft. 6 in. wide. There is an old external door to the kitchen and a cellar under the kitchen. The stair occupies a projecting wing at the back of the building, and is Queen Hoo . Tewii. example of the transition between the old solid newel stair and the later open well stair. The stair- case is about i 5 ft. square internally, the stair being constructed of oak, with winders at the angles. The central newel is z ft. 6 in. square, but instead of being solid is constructed of timber framing, the interior being divided vertically into a series of small cupboards or recesses at different heights of the stair. The first floor had originally three rooms correspond- ing to those below, and the fireplaces are over those on the ground floor ; a modern passage has, however, been formed out of the room over the hall to connect the two end rooms, but the built-up fireplace still "the passage. The bedroom over the kitchen has an old stone fireplace, with a four-centred moulded arch very similar to many others in the county, but in this instance all the mouldings follow the arch, the square above being marked by a alight sinking, and instead of the usual ornamented stop there is a single splay. The old fireplaces in the passage an
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