The staircase led to a gallery in the middle of the building on the first floor, dimly lighted at each end by the staircase and passage windows. The first floor (page 292) contained a morning room, a, in the centre, 15 ft. by 12 ft., with a bow window; and three bedrooms b, b, b, with two dressing-rooms c, c, one with a bath and a closet.
Library ceiling.
The attic plan (page 292) contained three large rooms for the servants, b, b, b; a housemaid’s closet e, and in the recessed space by the side a large slate cistern for water. The basement (page 293) contained considerable accommodation: d was intended for a private room for the family, a the kitchen, c larder, b the scullery, i beer-cellar, g butler’s sleeping-room, e butler’s pantry, h wine-cellar, l place for cleaning
Plan (page 291).
Attic plan (see page 291).
knives. The housekeeper’s room f, and servants’ hall are in the front, and j is the lift for dishes to ground floor, k the coal-cellar. An open area was made on two sides of the building.