Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens (1905)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · Philadelphia : J.C. Winston · leaf 74
he hall. The floor was made ofearth; the door was woven of osiers, or madeof boards, and there were small windowsalong the sides, closed by wicker shutters.A peat or log fire burned in the center of thehall, and the smoke clinging for a time tothe blackened roof timbers and the stock ofdried meats,… … Picturesque English Cottages and Tlieir Doorway Gardens civilization necessitated the addition of otherchambers, a sleeping place for the lord andlady, the with-drawing-room (modern-ized to drawing-room), a chapel, kitchen,dormitory, etc., the hall maintained its pre-eminence even in the most…
Architecture, Domestic
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