BKADSHAW HALL AND THE BRADSHAWES. ] 1 



Bradshawe at Marple Hall; and Mr. Isherwood, of ihat Hall, 

 writes that it is also to be seen on a window at Bradshaw Hall, 

 Lancashire. That it should ever have been the motto of the 

 famous President at the trial of Charles I. is a curious corollary 

 in the study of human nature. 



On this floor, over the kitchen, still remains a fine example 

 of a panelled room. The design of the panelling, which is of 

 oak, and extends from floor to ceiling, is similar to that at 

 Bolsover, illustrated on page 158 in last year's volume of 

 this Journal, and the effect, aided by the quaint and perfect 

 four-lighted window, with its tinted leaden lights, is everything 

 that an archaeologist could wish.* Probably other rooms were 

 similarly treated when the Hall was in the heyday of its pros- 

 perity. 



The staircase is continued to the attics, still with the solid 

 oak steps, which, coupled with the windows (now blocked) in 

 the gables, suggests that here the men servants slept, although 

 the pitch of the roof allows little head room, as we are 

 accustomed to require it. In the bulkhead covering the 

 stairs, the laths are also of oak; a typical instance of the 

 attention which our forefathers devoted to ever)- detail, so that 

 their building might be a credit to them long after they 

 themselves had ceased to take any interest in the matter — a 

 sad contrast to the methods of too many of their modern 

 successors. 



One only of the out-buildings need be mentioned, namely, 

 the old cow byre. This is of the same date as the Hall, and 

 its windows are of the same design ; if the rest of the old farm 

 buildings were of the same excellent quality, one can gather 

 that the farm would constitute a model of what was considered 

 best in those days. 



On the modern plan will be noticed the letter " X "' in a 

 position very nearly in the centre of each of the original rooms 



* Unfortunately, owing to the presence of large cheese-drying frames, 

 which, having been constructed in the room, were too large to he removed 

 through the doorway, it was impossible for Mr. Ilaslani to olitain a plioto- 

 graph of this room. — Eu. 



