Our last view of the inside of the house.
True to its medieval roots the house retains the screen, the wall that separated the servants preparing the meals and those dining.
We saw it from the other side.
Opposite the screen was once a smaller buttery with a cellar below it and a passaage on the west side which would have linked the Hall with the kitchen. This is where the butler would have dispensed the beer and wine. During the Regency it became a Common Parlour, and much later enlarged into the dining room we see today.
Five of the chairs at the dining room table are Cromwellian "farthingale" chairs with leather seats and backs.
The fireplace dates from the renovations done in the Regency era.
Next time we will take a wander in the grounds and have a closer look at the oriole window mentioned earlier.
Until next time....
We saw it from the other side.
Five of the chairs at the dining room table are Cromwellian "farthingale" chairs with leather seats and backs.
Next time we will take a wander in the grounds and have a closer look at the oriole window mentioned earlier.
Until next time....