Denford Park, Kintbury - Hungerford Virtual Museum
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DenfordPark. Kintburv. Berkshire The West First-Floor Corridor It seems likely that this opening off the stairs, therefore, is a 1930's remodelling of what may have been a simpler opening - possibly just a standard doorway with contemporary doorcase leading into the adjacent First Floor Closet. The corridor has a stone floor and fluted cornice, with pedestalled doorcases off it. However, as the western end of this space did not exist until the construction of the West Wing in 1939, these details are at least, in part, replicas. The First-Floor Closet (Sick Bay Room 1) This space next to the main Stair Hall is now accessed off the short corridor link to the West Wing but probably once incorporated the adjacent section of that corridor. The door off the corridor is four-panelled with beaded panels in a simple pedestalled frame, presumably reset. The room is lit by an inserted window in the north wall but was presumably lit originally by one or more in the west wall. The room has a fluted cornice, the southern section at least presumably a copy of circa 1939. It is assumed that when first created, the full length of this space formed a Water Closet on the first-floor, matching that assumed to have existed on the floor below - both reached from the adjacent Stair Hall. However, by the time of the 1924 sale it was a narrow bedroom with two windows in the west wall. The West Lobby At the western end of the main First-floor Corridor is a small lobby area linking it with the Main Stairs. This small space has a reeded plaster cornice-cum-ceiling frame that seems to be original and a tall plain skirting board. There are arch-headed openings with simple beaded mouldings on two sides leading to the stair landing and the corridor. On the other two sides are doorways leading into the South-West Chamber and the smaller Store or Closet created by partitioning off the northern section of that room. The southern doorway appears to be the original entrance to the South-West Chamber and has a full reeded architrave with pedestals and angle blocks at the top corners of the frame; the door is four panelled with moulded verges to the flat panels. The doorway in the west wall has a similar door but the door surround is much plainer. -36- Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlcrw House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
DenfordPark, Kintbury. Berkshire The South-West Chamber The South-West Chamber (latterly known as the 'Creative Room') was originally a larger space but its northern section has been carved off from the rest to create a small closet or store accessed off the adjacent Lobby (see above). This seems to have occurred by the time of the 1924 sale as the narrower space is described as a dressing room. The fact that the partition is inserted is quite obvious by its relatively flimsy construction, by the fact that the reeded cornice of the main room continues unchecked past the partition and to its original north wall, and by an obvious junction in the present north wall of the room between the original wall adjacent to the doorway and the partition. The door case of the entrance off the lobby is plainer on the room side than it is to the lobby, simply but elegantly moulded and with pedestals; it matches a second doorway at the southern end of the east wall, formerly leading into the adjacent South Chamber but now into a cupboard formed in the blocked off recess of the opening. The present room is lit by a window in the south wall and one at the southern end of the west wall. These both have full-height reveals with architraves that match those of the two doorways. The bottom parts of the reveals have been infilled with radiator boxes. The windows have simple panelled shutters. The room has a tall and possibly primary moulded skirting, presumably reset along the inserted north wall. The floorboards, however, look to be later. In the board pattern is a trimmed hearth indicating the position of the fireplace on the east wall of which there are no other visible indications. The West Store It is obvious that the West Store was created by partitioning off the northern part of the South-West Chamber in the fairly recent past. It is an unlit space with remains of modern shelving and sink units but retains the northern part of the original reeded cornice of the room. Latterly a laundry, it is accessed off the adjacent lobby. The First Floor Corridor The First Floor Corridor is a broad axial link from the Lobby off the Main Stairs at the western end through the whole width of the Main House, linking into the corridor within the East Wing (Building B2). In the central section of the building the structural spine wall is on the south side of this corridor, whilst in the eastern portion it is on the north side. In both sections the other wall is substantially thinner and possibly of plastered studwork. -37- Richard KMorriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlaw House, Bromlaw, Shropshire, SYS OEA
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<strong>Denford</strong><strong>Park</strong>. Kintburv. Berkshire<br />
The West First-Floor Corridor<br />
It seems likely that this opening off the stairs, therefore, is a 1930's remodelling of<br />
what may have been a simpler opening - possibly just a standard doorway with<br />
contemporary doorcase leading into the adjacent First Floor Closet.<br />
The corridor has a stone floor and fluted cornice, with pedestalled doorcases off it.<br />
However, as the western end of this space did not exist until the construction of the<br />
West Wing in 1939, these details are at least, in part, replicas.<br />
The First-Floor Closet (Sick Bay Room 1)<br />
This space next to the main Stair Hall is now accessed off the short corridor link to<br />
the West Wing but probably once incorporated the adjacent section of that corridor.<br />
The door off the corridor is four-panelled with beaded panels in a simple pedestalled<br />
frame, presumably reset.<br />
The room is lit by an inserted window in the north wall but was presumably lit<br />
originally by one or more in the west wall. The room has a fluted cornice, the<br />
southern section at least presumably a copy of circa 1939.<br />
It is assumed that when first created, the full length of this space formed a Water<br />
Closet on the first-floor, matching that assumed to have existed on the floor below -<br />
both reached from the adjacent Stair Hall. However, by the time of the 1924 sale it<br />
was a narrow bedroom with two windows in the west wall.<br />
The West Lobby<br />
At the western end of the main First-floor Corridor is a small lobby area linking it<br />
with the Main Stairs. This small space has a reeded plaster cornice-cum-ceiling frame<br />
that seems to be original and a tall plain skirting board.<br />
There are arch-headed openings with simple beaded mouldings on two sides leading<br />
to the stair landing and the corridor. On the other two sides are doorways leading into<br />
the South-West Chamber and the smaller Store or Closet created by partitioning off<br />
the northern section of that room.<br />
The southern doorway appears to be the original entrance to the South-West Chamber<br />
and has a full reeded architrave with pedestals and angle blocks at the top corners of<br />
the frame; the door is four panelled with moulded verges to the flat panels. The<br />
doorway in the west wall has a similar door but the door surround is much plainer.<br />
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlcrw House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA