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DenfordPark. Kintbury. Berkshire The Accounts & WCs To the east of the Lobby the other two rooms north of the corridor were clearly originally one and the wall between them is of studwork or plasterboard. The original room had a skirting board and a stone floor. The section to the west of the inserted partition was latterly the Accounts Office and the section to the east, divided into WC cubicles. The eastern doorway from the corridor, to the east of the central dividing doorway, has a pedestalled door frame; the other doorway is quite plain. Both are inserted. The original access was from the adjacent Lobby and is shown on one of the 1939 plans. At that time the room was a Cloakroom - evidently for the family and guests. On a 1949 plan proposals were made to adjust the facilities for the school children and the original access was to be blocked, replaced by the present eastern doorway; this probably re-used the original door frame and door. The other doorway became necessary when the room was divided in the later 20 th century. Originally the room was lit by two windows in the north wall. The eastern one consists of a pair of narrow single-pane wide sashes in the same opening separated by a mullion. However, the character of the sashes is the same as the full one in the centre; this is explained by the 1939 plan which shows that there were to be two WC cubicles at the east end, the partition between which bisected the window opening. The oval window set high in the south wall of the Accounts section would have been more efficient as a borrowed light window to the corridor before the partition was built. General Office or Gun Room The larger room to the south of the corridor at this level was latterly used as the college's General Office. It has a doorway to the South-East Room of the Main House which was latterly nailed shut and used as a cupboard, but the door is veneered and probably of the early-19 th century in date, matching others within the building. There are indications that the original door furniture has seen at least one change in its history. In contrast, the doorway off the corridor contains a very similar door but this is not veneered but varnished; nevertheless it is a very good replica of the earlier door - perhaps of the late-1930's work. It is also of slightly different construction and the door furniture has never been altered. The room is lit by two sash windows in the south wall with full-height reveals, but these have been altered slightly - especially the western one which has lost much of its original architrave. ] 1 -52- Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
DenfordPark, Kintbury, Berkshire The room has a tall skirting board, similar in style to those in the earlier Main House, and a much simpler coved plaster cornice; that is interrupted by a boxed north-south ceiling beam. The east wall seems to be inserted. This theory is supported by one of the 1939 plans which shows the two rooms as a single 'L-shaped' space labelled the Gun Room. This also shows that the westernmost extremity was separated off from the rest and used as a Flower Room with its own access off the corridor. The east wall of that room bisected the western window in the south wall, which might account for the changes made to it - if the Flower Room was indeed built. Office Annexe To the east of the former General Office is a smaller room between the south wall and the Service Stairs to the north (see below). There is now no access between it and the main General Office. Instead it is accessed from a doorway in the adjacent Service Wing (Building C). The door has no frame and is a simple painted four panel design. The sash window in the south wall, however, is the same as those lighting the General Office and has a full pedestalled architrave. There is a tall moulded skirting board and an array of cupboards in the west wall. The coved cornice is on three sides but not on the west side where it seems to die into the west wall. This could help support the idea that this wall was inserted into the original larger Gun Room (see above). The Service Stairs The Service Stairs lie between the east end of the Corridor and the Office Annexe and rise from basement to first-floor level. The lower section is of brick, down to the cellar, whilst then upper portion is a neat well stair with a variant on stick balusters and square-sectioned newels - not dissimilar to a simplified version of 18 th century Chinoiserie. It has a curved top skirting board. 3.3.3.02 The First Floor The First-Floor Corridor The First-floor Corridor is directly above the Ground-floor Corridor but the access into it from the Main House is slightly more complex. The First-Floor Corridor in the Main House is set slightly to the south of the line of the corridor in the East Wing. As a result, a small lobby area was needed at the junction of the two, giving the corridor an elongated 'L-shaped' footprint. -53- Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
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<strong>Denford</strong><strong>Park</strong>, <strong>Kintbury</strong>, Berkshire<br />
The room has a tall skirting board, similar in style to those in the earlier Main House,<br />
and a much simpler coved plaster cornice; that is interrupted by a boxed north-south<br />
ceiling beam.<br />
The east wall seems to be inserted. This theory is supported by one of the 1939 plans<br />
which shows the two rooms as a single 'L-shaped' space labelled the Gun Room.<br />
This also shows that the westernmost extremity was separated off from the rest and<br />
used as a Flower Room with its own access off the corridor. The east wall of that<br />
room bisected the western window in the south wall, which might account for the<br />
changes made to it - if the Flower Room was indeed built.<br />
Office Annexe<br />
To the east of the former General Office is a smaller room between the south wall and<br />
the Service Stairs to the north (see below). There is now no access between it and the<br />
main General Office. Instead it is accessed from a doorway in the adjacent Service<br />
Wing (Building C).<br />
The door has no frame and is a simple painted four panel design. The sash window in<br />
the south wall, however, is the same as those lighting the General Office and has a full<br />
pedestalled architrave.<br />
There is a tall moulded skirting board and an array of cupboards in the west wall. The<br />
coved cornice is on three sides but not on the west side where it seems to die into the<br />
west wall. This could help support the idea that this wall was inserted into the<br />
original larger Gun Room (see above).<br />
The Service Stairs<br />
The Service Stairs lie between the east end of the Corridor and the Office Annexe and<br />
rise from basement to first-floor level. The lower section is of brick, down to the<br />
cellar, whilst then upper portion is a neat well stair with a variant on stick balusters<br />
and square-sectioned newels - not dissimilar to a simplified version of 18 th century<br />
Chinoiserie. It has a curved top skirting board.<br />
3.3.3.02 The First Floor<br />
The First-Floor Corridor<br />
The First-floor Corridor is directly above the Ground-floor Corridor but the access<br />
into it from the Main House is slightly more complex. The First-Floor Corridor in the<br />
Main House is set slightly to the south of the line of the corridor in the East Wing. As<br />
a result, a small lobby area was needed at the junction of the two, giving the corridor<br />
an elongated 'L-shaped' footprint.<br />
-53-<br />
Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
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