Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 56
ring 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 welj^as ofelegant architecture. But such^peci-mens belong to a later date than wehave yet reached. At first the hallhad, as a rule,… … ■GLASTONBURY ABBEY, ST. JOSEPH SCHAPEL. latter usually without windows^were 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 of a…
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