DOI article:
Jones, Sydney R.: Haddon Hall: an old English home
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HADDON HALL
THE DINING-ROOM BAY
and an interesting old pair of dog-gates in this position may still be seen.
The south front (p. 13) also has many beautiful features of the later build-
ing period. In the sixteenth century this front was improved by the
addition of the bay from the dining and drawing-rooms, and by the erec-
tion of the buildings known as the “ Earl’s Apartments,” between the
drawing-room and the chapel. In the same century, too, the Long Gallery
—that most characteristic apartment of Elizabethan times—was added to
the house. It was built over a range of earlier rooms contiguous to the
upper garden. The south front of Haddon is widely known, for it gives
one of the most picturesque views of its kind in England. It presents a
somewhat irregular composition that grew into one harmonious whole as
room by room was built to meet the exigencies of fashion and conveni-
ence. This progression brought into being the notable series of oriels and
bay-windows that extend from end to end of the elevation, and boldly
project from the walls at many angles. The great bay in the Long Gal-
lery (p. 17) is the largest of the number, as well as one of the most recent.
It is flanked on either side by smaller bays, and makes a fine central
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THE DINING-ROOM BAY
and an interesting old pair of dog-gates in this position may still be seen.
The south front (p. 13) also has many beautiful features of the later build-
ing period. In the sixteenth century this front was improved by the
addition of the bay from the dining and drawing-rooms, and by the erec-
tion of the buildings known as the “ Earl’s Apartments,” between the
drawing-room and the chapel. In the same century, too, the Long Gallery
—that most characteristic apartment of Elizabethan times—was added to
the house. It was built over a range of earlier rooms contiguous to the
upper garden. The south front of Haddon is widely known, for it gives
one of the most picturesque views of its kind in England. It presents a
somewhat irregular composition that grew into one harmonious whole as
room by room was built to meet the exigencies of fashion and conveni-
ence. This progression brought into being the notable series of oriels and
bay-windows that extend from end to end of the elevation, and boldly
project from the walls at many angles. The great bay in the Long Gal-
lery (p. 17) is the largest of the number, as well as one of the most recent.
It is flanked on either side by smaller bays, and makes a fine central
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