Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 58
ing the Norman period, the concep-tion of a house as a hall with a fewspecial chambers attached was eversuperseded. These halls were often ofvery noble proportions as well as ofelegant architecture. But such speci-mens belong to a later date than wehave yet reached. At first the hallhad, as a rule,… … FIG. 54.- GLASTONBURY ABBEY, ST. JOSEPH SCHAPEL. latter usually without windowswere added. The kitchen wasseparate, when it existed at all,but cooking was often done inthe open air. In short, the housedeveloped slowly and steadily,from the single room for all pur-poses to the complex arrange-ments…
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