Denford Park, Kintbury - Hungerford Virtual Museum

DenfordPark, Kintburv. Berkshire
The East Corridor
One of the arch-headed openings off the Entrance Hall leads into the East Corridor,
which provides a link between it and the later East Wing (Building B2). The evidence
suggests that this is a primary corridor and that originally it would have provided
access to the narrower predecessor of the East Wing.
The corridor has the same type of smooth stone-flagged floor and moulded timber
skirting boards as the Entrance Hall but a much simpler moulded plaster cornice.
There are good quality pedestalled doorcases to openings at the end of the corridor
and midway along it - the later leading into the former Study.
The Study
The Study is a relatively small room at the south-western corner of the Main House.
It is reached through a doorway off the East Corridor which contains a high quality
veneered six panelled door with central bead; the mouldings are slightly enriched on
the room side of the door.
The room is lit by a window in the north wall with a full-height reveal; the window
shutters are fairly plain but enriched with beaded moulding. There is a simply
moulded skirting board around the room but no dado; the plaster cornice is plaster and
flattish, enriched with beading.
The chimneypiece, tiled fireplace, and the flanking bookcases with their adjustable
shelving appear to date to the first-half of the 20 th century so could belong to the late-
1930's changes to the house.
3.1.3.03 The First Floor
The Stair Landing
The stair landing consists of two partly cantilevered out landings, one at the chad of
the main stairs along the east side of the Stair Hall and the other at right-angles to it
along the south side of this space - with a slight projecting section at its western end
respected by the balustrade.
This upper section of the Stair Hall is lit by a window in the north wall with a sloped
sill, attenuated fluted architrave of Regency style and false shutters. It has a moulded
plaster cornice with broad dentils, each of which has a patera cut into its soffit. There
is also a low and fairly plain skirting board along the landings.
At the south end of the main landing and the west end of the secondary landing there
are arch-headed openings leading through the adjacent walls. The opening off the
secondary landing leads into a short corridor connecting this main part of the house
with the later West Wing (Building Bl).
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlaw, Shropshire, SYS OEA