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Description: | The timber structure of the Great Hall is visible from this side. Drawings from the mid 19th century show the Hall as having windows in the lower section of the timber. When and why this was done is not known, but during the restoration the original plaster infill was reintroduced.Moving further along the low window at the other end of the Hall was originally the opposing main entrance door. This side of the Hall had a lot of outbuildings including the stables, so people arriving at the hall would be greeted in the screen passage where they could dismount and their horse could then be taken straight through to the stables.The next window along is the buttery. This area was extensively re-built in the Victorian era, drawings from this time show an additional building here, which must have obscured the buttery window. Here too is an example of a jetty where the upper floor sticks out further than the ground floor. This is often seen in medieval houses, for example the Shambles at York.In this corner you can see how the ground floor of the kitchen is built of brick with the timber framing on the upper floor. This was a precaution against fire. Here too you can see the massive kitchen chimney stack with strengthening buttresses on either side. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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