l-igurc 43. — !■ oUND ATio.N OF PORCH at norih end ol btruciurc B, surroundrd 



by tiagstonr pavrnviii 



decorated llio porch. The porch, wc may Ix' sure, 

 was the ■"Frontispiece." 



The item for "L'nderpimiiiK; & altcrint; the cellar" 

 proljably refers to the kiiocked-ovit orii;inal cross wall 

 and the added parallel cross wall, although the reasons 

 for the change will always remain a mystery. As has 

 been noted, the average brick sizes in the main founda- 

 tion, on the one hand, and those of bricks in the new 

 cellar croiis wall and in the veranda were mostly 

 dilfercnt. Probably the distinctions represent i'"- 

 differences between Minitree's and Barry's brick- 



The detailed sequence of joiners', plastei' 

 painters' work dming the 1748 1 7.'K) p« i 

 already been given attention in the historical section, 



enough to indicate that thr mansion ■'•.. 



urious appointments. The insnraiKr pol 



it as a "Brick Dwellini; House one .Siorv ; :rd 



with wood." In modern (xarlancr th: itc 



called a stury-and-a-half hou<w with a \«< led 



roof. The ver4inda, i in the loiin ol an 



arcatle, was trinuued \x.; -x:d re'l v i,,.l>t.,,,.- ,mj 



perhaps paved with the sqiiam anr 'n* 



>!ed a cenlnil 



thatacoi 



ihrrr book4- of I 



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