More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, Alfred Henry, comp · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 120
the lower rooms lookedoutwards, and the facade then was stern, unbroken, and devoidof any beauty. In more recent times it was used for farm pur-poses. Then the present Earl took it in hand, built a porch,inserted lower windows, and sufficiently modernised and fur-nished it to make it a dower-house… … 8q go Cotebele bat-haunted lumber-rooms or apple-stores have been turned intobedrooms, even up to the top of the guard tower; and yet allthis has been effected with hardly any interference with theoriginal plan. The staircase has been formed by stealing cornersfrom two rooms, above and below, and…
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