Balustrading of staircase.
spent together in studying the details as to what we should like to have in each room, without troubling ourselves about what the expense would be; unhappily he did not live to carry out his intention, and the drawings were laid aside.
Section of hall.
The exterior is a study from the celebrated building, Rushton Hall in Northamptonshire, erected in the
reign of Elizabeth, by Sir Thomas Tresham. On the estate in the forest, about a mile from the house, is that curious and unique building, the Triangular Lodge,[B] which served as a secret place of meeting for the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot.
The ground plan shows only a small and single staircase b; considerable discussion took place upon this; the great staircase was first planned in the hall a, but a billiard-table was imperative, and the hall alone
