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Sally-Beth MacLean, 15-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 15-Jun-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 25-Oct-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 10-Jun-05; Carolyn Black, 05-Aug-05; Sally-Beth MacLean, 16-Aug-05;
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Hadley, Powderham 13

Commentary
The 14th c. stone service door arches of the former low end of the great hall remain in their original position in the marble hall, renovated in the 18th c.

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Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 05-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 05-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 28-Jan-05; Carolyn Black, 08-Mar-05;
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2001
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Sally-Beth MacLean

Commentary
Opposite the oriel on the E wall is a similar arch, an 1826 addition forming an entrance leading up stairs into the adjacent mayoress' parlour. No other door is known to have existed at the high end.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 30-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 05-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 05-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Apr-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 28-Jan-05; Sally-Beth MacLean, 28-Jan-05; Carolyn Black, 08-Mar-05;
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1999
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Sally-Beth MacLean

Commentary
The screens end has 3 central doors, the middle one larger, as well as a narrow door at the SE corner leading to stone stairs up to the gallery level, with the half-timbered S range rooms beyond on 2 levels. The larger central door leads down a staircase to the kitchen, the E end door leads into the council chamber. The W door at the low end leads into the prince's chamber.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-04;
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doors
Textual Description
At the upper end in the NE corner, an Elizabethan door leads into the great chamber in the adjacent 14th c. tower. A small pointed door in the N wall E of the window nearest the dais led to an external stairway leading to upper chambers.

There were originally 3 doors at the lower W end connecting with the 3-storey solar tower. A pointed doorway at the NW corner leads to a stairway to the upper level. There were 2 similar doorways beside it, but 1 has been widened and raised.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, site notes

Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 10-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 26-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Dec-04;
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doors
Textual Description
3 pointed-arch doors which led to the buttery, kitchen and cellar remain in the screens passage.

2 shouldered lintel doors at the high end lead to a stone staircase to the upper rooms at the NE corner and into the withdrawing room beyond the former dais.
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Curwen, 'Middleton Hall' 110--11

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Jenn Stephenson, 20-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 13-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

Commentary
18th c. courtyard entrance to the E wing.
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, 03-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Sep-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Oct-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Mar-04;
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2002
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Sally-Beth MacLean

Commentary
In addition to the 2 doors at the high end of the hall there was originally an arcade of doors with similarly carved lintels at the low end leading to the usual service rooms. 3 of these are now blocked but the central one still leads into the later dining room. A later doorway leads into the ante room at the NE corner of the passage. A double entrance door with dragons carved in the lintel leads into the screens passage from the N side.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Jenn Stephenson, 23-Aug-02; Jenn Stephenson, 23-Aug-02; Jenn Stephenson, 23-Aug-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Jan-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 25-Feb-04; Sally-Beth MacLean, 03-Mar-04;
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2001
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Sally-Beth MacLean, site notes

Commentary
The 19th c. central door at the lower end replaces the original which connected the hall with the kitchen and other service rooms. An alcove in the E wall opposite the entrance door is a Victorian addition, its door leading into a room that was not part of the original plan. Another door, probably in its original position, leads from the upper SE end into Lord William's Tower.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Feb-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Feb-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Feb-02; Sally-Beth MacLean, 26-Nov-02;
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doors
Textual Description
There is evidence of at least 3 doors in the period before 1642. A door in the upper end at the SE corner was blocked when the almshouses were attached in the 15th c. A low door towards the upper end of E wall near the dais led into the Council Chamber wing. There was also a door at the lower end giving access to the kitchen and buttery adjacent outside (exact location uncertain). The present door at the lower end in the N wall leads into the passageway between the hall and the Guild Chapel but it is part of the Victorian restoration of the building. It is likely located where the main entrance to the hall from the street would have been.

Access from Church Street is through a door leading into the passageway at the lower end.
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' New Sidelights' 56

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