Elevation of hall fireplace.
could receive it. The smaller staircase was made ornamental, with carved oak balustrades having a
Details of hall fireplace.
small brass ornament between, for the children to lay hold of in getting upstairs.
The hall was to be wainscoted all round; the illustration on page 283 shows one side, with the entrance into the dining-room; a section of the moulding of the panels is given on page 283 of full size. A gilt decoration was to have been put in each panel, as shown. An ornamental plaster frieze, containing shields of arms
Hall stove.
which were to be emblazoned, came over the panelling. An elevation of the fireplace, to have been made in Caen stone, with its details on a large scale, is given in cuts on pp. 284, 285.