35. South Wingfield Manor House, Derbyshire (cir. 1435–40).
Ground Plan.
- 1, 1. Porter.
- 2. Guardroom.
- 3. Site of buildings destroyed.
- 4. Serving-place.
- 5. Wing traditionally said to have been occupied by Mary, Queen of Scots.
The state apartments at the west end of the hall were on the upper floor: on the ground floor were the buttery, passage to kitchen, &c.
The apartments devoted to the use of the family, which we should expect to find at the upper end of the hall (in this case the east end), did in fact once exist, as may be seen by various indications on the building itself and the adjacent ground, but they have all been destroyed, leaving their extent and nature as a matter for conjecture. They were reached by means of the circular staircase at the north-east corner of the hall (see plan, Fig. 35), which still retains the doorways that led into them.
36. South Wingfield Manor House.
Bay Window of Hall.
