The Studio yearbook of applied art (1921)

HADDON HALL

of building were carried on from cen-
tury to century. The earlier masonry
is rougher and more uneven than that
of later date, but the differences are
not great enough to be conspicuous,
and faithfulness to architectural style
over a long period gave the remark-
able effect of continuity already in-
stanced. Even when the spirit of the
Renaissance was spreading through-
out England, it did not manifest itself
in the exterior of Haddon Hall. The
south front (p. 13), which shews
some of the latest, as well as part of
the earliest work, presents a unity of
style quite unaffected by foreign in-
fluences.

The plan makes a four-sided figure,
the north and south sides of which

are longer tnan tnose east and west.

It is not a true parallelogram, as none
of the angles at the corners are right
angles. The side nearest to the river
faces westwards, and the gardens
border the south front. The coloured
drawing (frontispiece), with the river
and west side nearest to the observer,
shews the arrangement of the house.

It contains two internal quadrangles,
with the upper, or eastern court-
yard separated from the lower
courtyard by the hall and adjoining
rooms. The present plan, which was
largely developed during the four-
teenth century, is especially interest-
ing as shewing the common form of a
house of that period. In those days
the principal entrance was no doubt
through the archway under the
north-east tower (p. 10). The hall
was reached from the upper court-

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