THE STONE HOUSE PREBEND, LITTLE CHESTER, DERBY. 



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from the smallness of the scale on which it was necessary to make 

 this drawing, the beauty of these details could not be sufficiently 

 brought out, to do that properly would have necessitated detailed 

 drawings of a very much increased size, the size of the whole 



OAK CHIMNEY PIECE. — STONE HOUSE PREBEND. 



work is 8' 9" x 9' or nearly square. The fire-place, though an old 

 one, is not original ; no doubt the fire would be on an open 

 hearth, with fire dogs, and rather wider than it is now. At the 

 edge of tlie fire-place, on each side, are a number of old Dutch 



