Some account of domestic architecture in England from Edward I to Richard II, with notices of foreign examples and numerous illustrations of existing remains from original drawings (1882)
t the end of the hall opposite to the dais, was thescreen with the minstrels gallery over it, and under thegallery was a passage through, with a door at each end, onethe principal entrance, the other the back door opening intothe servants court. This passage w^as called the entry, or Hist, de… … THE SCREENS. 43 the Screens, and was sometimes separated from the hall bya curtain only ; in general there were two doorways throughthe screen into the hall, and in the end wall behind thescreen there were three doors, the central one openinginto the kitchen, sometimes by a short passage, or down…
Architecture, Domestic
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