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detail: fireplace/hearth

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Sally-Beth MacLean, 02-Nov-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 02-Nov-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Jun-05; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Jun-05; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Jun-05; Sally-Beth MacLean, 14-Jun-05;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2003
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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The location of the hall's open central hearth directly in front of the dais.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jul-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jul-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 25-Oct-04;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2003
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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The present fireplace was reproduced in 1887 after the discovery of an earlier version behind panelling in the W wall during repairs in the 1880s. The date of the original is unknown.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Sep-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Oct-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Jun-05;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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Image Date
2004
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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The enormous 17' stone fireplace remains in its original, strikingly unusual position at the back of the dais at the upper end. There is no evidence that there was ever a central or side wall fireplace.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 01-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 01-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 01-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Dec-05;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2004
Textual Description
The fireplace is located in the S wall towards what was probably the high (E) end of the hall. The decorative mantelpiece with its legend 'pro omnibus te deum laudamus' is undoubtedly a romantic Victorian addition.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, site notes

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Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Mar-04; Jason Boyd, 22-Feb-05;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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There is no sign of a fireplace apart from the known location of the medieval open fireplace in the centre of the hall.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, site notes

Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Oct-06; Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Oct-06; Sally-Beth MacLean, 01-Nov-06;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2006
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Alan Somerset

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In 1580 the central fireplace in the S wall was removed and a new chimney added in the hall. The middle of the 3 hall windows was sacrificed to allow for the new fireplace (Emery, <i>Greater Medieval Houses</i> 2.560).
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 18-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 18-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 26-Feb-04;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2002
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Dugald MacLean

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The remains of the Tudor fireplace in the N wall of the great hall.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 02-Dec-03; Sally-Beth MacLean, 10-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 10-Feb-04;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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A large fireplace, now blocked, was inserted in the wall at the lower end in the 16th c.
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Curwen, 'Middleton Hall' 110

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Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Oct-02;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2002
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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The large stone fireplace in the S wall is original.
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Jenn Stephenson, 23-Aug-02; Jenn Stephenson, 23-Aug-02; Jenn Stephenson, 06-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Mar-04; Carolyn Black, 02-Jun-04; Carolyn Black, 02-Jun-04;
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detail: fireplace/hearth
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2001
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Sally-Beth MacLean, site notes

Commentary
The massive restored fireplace along the E wall is likely in its original position. The other fireplace in the E wall of the upper end is a replacement of another, undoubtedly added when the great chamber was created, needing its own source of heat.
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