Denford Park, Kintbury - Hungerford Virtual Museum

DenfordPark Kintburv. Berkshire
The floorboards are fairly broad deals and the skirting board is quite tall. In the east
wall is a projecting stack and the site of the former fireplace. To the north of the stack
is a blocked doorway to the adjacent room, with panelled reveal.
The North-East Room
To the east of the South-West Room is the North-West Room, but its floor level is at
the same level as that of the corridor. As a result, the blocked doorway between the
two rooms needs a flight of steps to link the two spaces.
It is lit by windows in the north and east walls, both set in a full-height reveal with
early-19 th century detailing and shutters; for some reason the surround of the eastern
reveal also has pedestals. That window is at the south end of the east wall and now
looks out into a narrow space between the North-East and South-East ranges.
The simply moulded doorway from the corridor has a four-panelled door with beaded
verges to the panels. In the east wall are two further doorways. The southern one has
a pedestalled door frame, a four-panelled door identical to that off the corridor, and a
panelled reveal. The other one appears to be a modern insert with steps up to the
threshold.
The room has a boarded floor, tall plain skirting board, and a plaster cornice identical
to that in the corridor.
The South-West Rooms
The two rooms to the south of the corridor at this level may once have been virtual
mirror images of each other in the same manner as the two rooms beneath them may
have been.
The South-West Room seems to have retained its original layout. It has a tall skirting
board, a picture rail, and the same type of cornice as in the corridor. It is lit by a
primary sash window in the south wall with early-19 th century detailing and shutters
set in a full-height reveal. In the east wall is the projecting stack but the fireplace had
been blocked.
The South-East Room
The original layout of the South-East Room probably had to be changed when the
South-East Range (Building E) was added; this led to changes in the position of its
south window and the blocking of its east window.
A doorway was inserted in the south wall into the new range and a second doorway
was later added in the east wall as well. Projecting from the east wall is the boxing of
the service lift.
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA