DOI article:
Jones, Sydney R.: Haddon Hall: an old English home
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19430#0034
HADDON HALL
feature of a noble group ; it is rectangular on plan, and has many lights
shewing above a plain and severe lower story. The bay between the
Long Gallery and the “ Earl’s Apartments,” lighting the dining and
drawing-rooms, is especially graceful. It is two stories in height and shews
armorial bearings, carved in stone, over the upper window below the
battlements (p. 18). The lines and proportions of the work are good,
and the details are finely wrought. The interior of this bay is as pleasing
as the exterior. The windows on the ground floor stand out beyond the
thickness of the wide dining-room walls (p. 22), and similar windows
light and give interest to the drawing-room. Throughout the building
there are many other subjects of design and workmanship—details of
masonry and carving, and peculiarities of planning—all worthy of close
study.
In considering the architec-
tural growth of Haddon
Hall, all the arts and trades
connected with building
necessarily come under re-
view. And of those artificers
who contributed to the build-
ing of the house, none gave
better work than the plum-
bers. A great deal of lead
was used to cover the roofs,
as most of them are low in
pitch and hidden behind the
battlements, but the lead-
work for which Haddon is
justly famous is to be seen in
the rainwater-heads of the
two courtyards. They are
some of the finest in the
country. The patterns are
many and various, and they
exhibit much ingenuity in de-
sign and dexterity in execu-
tion. Among the forms em-
ployed are those common to
sixteenth-century leadwork
at its best, betraying strong
medieval influences in the
embattled projections and in OAK PANELLING AND CARVED FRIEZE IN DINING-ROOM
24
feature of a noble group ; it is rectangular on plan, and has many lights
shewing above a plain and severe lower story. The bay between the
Long Gallery and the “ Earl’s Apartments,” lighting the dining and
drawing-rooms, is especially graceful. It is two stories in height and shews
armorial bearings, carved in stone, over the upper window below the
battlements (p. 18). The lines and proportions of the work are good,
and the details are finely wrought. The interior of this bay is as pleasing
as the exterior. The windows on the ground floor stand out beyond the
thickness of the wide dining-room walls (p. 22), and similar windows
light and give interest to the drawing-room. Throughout the building
there are many other subjects of design and workmanship—details of
masonry and carving, and peculiarities of planning—all worthy of close
study.
In considering the architec-
tural growth of Haddon
Hall, all the arts and trades
connected with building
necessarily come under re-
view. And of those artificers
who contributed to the build-
ing of the house, none gave
better work than the plum-
bers. A great deal of lead
was used to cover the roofs,
as most of them are low in
pitch and hidden behind the
battlements, but the lead-
work for which Haddon is
justly famous is to be seen in
the rainwater-heads of the
two courtyards. They are
some of the finest in the
country. The patterns are
many and various, and they
exhibit much ingenuity in de-
sign and dexterity in execu-
tion. Among the forms em-
ployed are those common to
sixteenth-century leadwork
at its best, betraying strong
medieval influences in the
embattled projections and in OAK PANELLING AND CARVED FRIEZE IN DINING-ROOM
24