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COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
royal palace ; Penshurst Place, Kent, an example of a noble-
man’s house; Ightham, as a moated grange; and Crosby
Hall, London, an example of a merchant’s home.
The use of the great banqueting-hall as the common
sleeping-room gradually disappeared, on the introduction of
the withdrawing-room. We see in this the germ of the
modern country house, which in its highest development is
an expression of the wants, inclinations, and habits of the
country gentleman of to-day, as complete as was the
mediaeval castle in the case of the feudal baron.
The general arrangement of the latter was as follows :
The porch or doorway led to the entry or screens, which,
by a panelled and carved partition, was separated as a vesti-
bule from the hall itself. Over this entry was the minstrel’s
gallery, while at the further end of the hall was the raised
"‘ dais,” on which the master and his principal guests were
seated. A large bay window, fitted with seats, gave external
and internal importance to the dais end. The main body
of the hall wras occupied by the servants and retainers. The
walls were hung with tapestry and with trophies of the chase.
In the centre was the fire-grate, from which the smoke
ascended, without any smoke flue, to an opening in the roof
called the “ louvre.”
In the fifteenth century the central fireplace was moved
to the side wall, and the sleeping accommodation was much
improved; a late example is Compton Wynyates.
In the sixteenth century the common dining-hall began
to decline in importance, owing to modern ideas of privacy
being introduced. The Elizabethan long gallery, approached
byalarge and characteristic staircase, became thepredominant
feature, as Haddon Hall.
THE DWELLINGS OF THE PEOPLE.
The formation of towns was often due to considerations
of safety, as when traders and others grouped themselves
around the castles of the great nobles; or formed a depen-
dency to a monastery; and thus arose hereafter in many
towns two rival authorities, viz., ecclesiastical and secular.
In the absence of effective police, and in the consequent
COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
royal palace ; Penshurst Place, Kent, an example of a noble-
man’s house; Ightham, as a moated grange; and Crosby
Hall, London, an example of a merchant’s home.
The use of the great banqueting-hall as the common
sleeping-room gradually disappeared, on the introduction of
the withdrawing-room. We see in this the germ of the
modern country house, which in its highest development is
an expression of the wants, inclinations, and habits of the
country gentleman of to-day, as complete as was the
mediaeval castle in the case of the feudal baron.
The general arrangement of the latter was as follows :
The porch or doorway led to the entry or screens, which,
by a panelled and carved partition, was separated as a vesti-
bule from the hall itself. Over this entry was the minstrel’s
gallery, while at the further end of the hall was the raised
"‘ dais,” on which the master and his principal guests were
seated. A large bay window, fitted with seats, gave external
and internal importance to the dais end. The main body
of the hall wras occupied by the servants and retainers. The
walls were hung with tapestry and with trophies of the chase.
In the centre was the fire-grate, from which the smoke
ascended, without any smoke flue, to an opening in the roof
called the “ louvre.”
In the fifteenth century the central fireplace was moved
to the side wall, and the sleeping accommodation was much
improved; a late example is Compton Wynyates.
In the sixteenth century the common dining-hall began
to decline in importance, owing to modern ideas of privacy
being introduced. The Elizabethan long gallery, approached
byalarge and characteristic staircase, became thepredominant
feature, as Haddon Hall.
THE DWELLINGS OF THE PEOPLE.
The formation of towns was often due to considerations
of safety, as when traders and others grouped themselves
around the castles of the great nobles; or formed a depen-
dency to a monastery; and thus arose hereafter in many
towns two rival authorities, viz., ecclesiastical and secular.
In the absence of effective police, and in the consequent