posts and work them as newels,as was done later. The important practical reason forthis latter development was the advantage of being ableto pass large furniture over the tops of the newels. On the first floor over the parlour adjoining thestairs was the state room, panelled with a carved friezeand… … NOTES ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF RAKE HOUSE. 65 side over the hall and gave access to the two bedrooms.The room over the further office was cut off from therest of the first floor, and reached by a narrow stair cutout from a solid trunk of oak. A stair led from thisroom into the garrets; along the…
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