Difference between revisions of "Danford House"
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* a massive paneled stair hall with twin staircases | * a massive paneled stair hall with twin staircases | ||
* capacious double-height dining and drawing rooms. | * capacious double-height dining and drawing rooms. | ||
* A vast 70-foot long and 20-foot high walnut-paneled ballroom with gilded cornices and multiple fireplaces has at least seven sets of French doors that open the to a wide terrace that overlooks the pastoral grounds. | * A vast 70-foot long and 20-foot high walnut-paneled ballroom with gilded cornices and multiple fireplaces has at least seven sets of French doors that open the to a wide terrace that overlooks the pastoral grounds. | ||
* intimately-scaled library, study, billiard room and estate office with separate entrance and private bath on the ground floor. | * intimately-scaled library, study, billiard room and estate office with separate entrance and private bath on the ground floor. | ||
| + | * A latter addition to Witanhurst House contains extensive staff quarters comprised at least a dozen private bedrooms that share just 4 bathrooms. | ||
| + | * We counted at least two dozen fireplaces throughout the house. | ||
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| + | ==Second Floor== | ||
* six principal bedrooms–two on the mezzanine and four on the second floor–each with en suite pooper. | * six principal bedrooms–two on the mezzanine and four on the second floor–each with en suite pooper. | ||
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| + | ==Third Floor== | ||
* Eight more bedrooms share 2 bathrooms on the third floor, probably originally designed to house live-in domestics. | * Eight more bedrooms share 2 bathrooms on the third floor, probably originally designed to house live-in domestics. | ||
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Revision as of 14:02, 30 January 2014
Danford House
Grounds
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
Grounds
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First Floor
- a massive paneled stair hall with twin staircases
- capacious double-height dining and drawing rooms.
- A vast 70-foot long and 20-foot high walnut-paneled ballroom with gilded cornices and multiple fireplaces has at least seven sets of French doors that open the to a wide terrace that overlooks the pastoral grounds.
- intimately-scaled library, study, billiard room and estate office with separate entrance and private bath on the ground floor.
- A latter addition to Witanhurst House contains extensive staff quarters comprised at least a dozen private bedrooms that share just 4 bathrooms.
- We counted at least two dozen fireplaces throughout the house.
Second Floor
- six principal bedrooms–two on the mezzanine and four on the second floor–each with en suite pooper.
Third Floor
- Eight more bedrooms share 2 bathrooms on the third floor, probably originally designed to house live-in domestics.
Fourth Floor
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