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DOORWAYS 



FIG. 281. Staircase at No. 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields. 



flight of stone steps, often oval in plan, leading from floor to floor 

 in one sweep. Each step rested on that below, and one of its 

 ends was built into the wall, thereby obviating the necessity of 

 any expedient for supporting the other end. By this means a 

 free space was obtained beneath the staircase. The general 

 effect, although light and sometimes graceful, was a little cold 

 and meagre ; but it was quite in character with the rather severe 

 schemes of decoration prevalent at the time (Fig. 281). 



In the larger houses much attention was bestowed upon 

 the doorways : there is a good example at Godmersham Park, 



