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Sally-Beth MacLean, 15-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 15-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Oct-06; Sally-Beth MacLean, 01-Nov-06;
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2006
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Alan Somerset

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There are 3 tall single-light pointed windows with trefoiled heads recessed on the N wall; on the S wall are 2 similar windows with 2 lights each. The third window, originally in the centre, was later replaced with a large fireplace and a 2-light, square-headed Elizabethan window in the wall above. The window recesses had stone seats, not all of which have survived.

This view is of 2 of the windows of the N wall overlooking the River Teme.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 02-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 02-Mar-04;
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There are 3 windows in the S aisle with 3 lights each and upper tracery lights on the ground level, with 6 smaller windows with 2 lights each above the nave on the upper level (1 of these over the entrance door). In the N aisle of the nave there are 6 x 2-light windows with upper tracery; the heads of the 3 windows towards the E end contain early 14th c. heraldic glass. Like the S wall, there are 6 x 2-light smaller windows in the Decorated style on the upper level of the N wall.

There are large 4-light windows at the end of both aisles at the W end. The very large 7-light window with elaborate upper tracery high at the W end of the nave would have given the most light (now replaced with 19th c. glass).
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Sally-Beth MacLean, site notes

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Sally-Beth MacLean, 18-Feb-04;
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1903
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'...the hall is lighted by four windows, two on either side, and the two at the southern end are very long, reaching from the roof nearly to the ground, whilst the northern pair are short and placed high up in the wall, proving to my mind that the two main windows lighted the dais at the southern end of the hall, and that the northern windows were placed high so as to admit of a music gallery projecting below their cills.'
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Curwen, 'Beetham Hall' 229

Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 10-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 26-Feb-04; Carolyn Black, 02-Jun-04; Carolyn Black, 02-Jun-04;
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1903
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'...the hall is lighted by four windows, two on either side, and the two at the southern end are very long, reaching from the roof nearly to the ground, whilst the northern pair are short and placed high up in the wall, proving to my mind that the two main windows lighted the dais at the southern end of the hall, and that the northern windows were placed high so as to admit of a music gallery projecting below their cills. Finally, at the northern end there are still to be seen two large doorways, one on either side, for the entrance of the retainers...'
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Curwen, 'Beetham Hall' 229

Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 21-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 21-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 01-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Nov-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 14-Dec-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 20-Jan-05; Sally-Beth MacLean, 20-Jan-05;
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2002
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Dugald MacLean

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A section of the outer S wall of the hall with 2 windows in Decorated style.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 02-Dec-03; Sally-Beth MacLean, 10-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 26-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 23-Nov-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Dec-04;
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2002
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Dugald MacLean

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Exterior view of 1 of the 4 original 2-light windows in the great hall. The window on the S side at the dais end is higher than the others.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Jenn Stephenson, 20-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 13-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 25-Feb-04;
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2001
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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Outer wall of hall range.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Oct-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Oct-02;
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2002
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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As well as the 5-sided bay windows, there are 2 windows on the N wall with 4 lights each. On either side of the fireplace on the S wall there are 2 windows with 4 lights each on 2 levels. The S windows were apparently lowered during renovations in the early 19th c.
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Jenn Stephenson, 23-Aug-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 13-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 13-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 13-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 13-Jan-04; Carolyn Black, 02-Jun-04;
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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View of the hall wing with the entrance staircase from the courtyard and windows.

The original windows were enlarged when the hall was heightened as part of the renovations undertaken by Lord William Howard. Another, larger 3-light window was inserted in the panelling below the 8th window near the upper end, when the high end of the hall with its bay window was segmented to form the great chamber.

The upper end has the traditional bay alcove, with a large, round-arched window. The window has 6 principal lights and 12 smaller lights above.

The 2 small single-light windows at the lower level of the same wall were probably added later to brighten the interior.