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FIREPLACES 



FIG. 298. Jamb of Fireplace, Abbot's Hall, 

 Battle Abbey, Sussex. 



many years ; now it was to become universal. The change 

 is curiously indicated in some inventories of 1720, made for 

 one " Francis Hawes, of London, Esq., one of the late directors 

 of the South Sea Company." When that great bubble burst 

 Francis Hawes had to be sold up, and in consequence a 

 complete statement of his affairs had to be prepared. It in- 

 cludes three inventories, two of manor-houses in the country, 

 and one of a house in Winchester Street, London. In 

 regard to the point under consideration, some of the rooms, 

 especially the bedrooms, had iron hearths, dogs, tongs, bellows, 

 and fire shovels, which were requisite for the old-fashioned 

 wood fires ; others, including the parlours and hall, had the 

 grates, shovels, tongs, pokers, and fenders requisite for coal fires. 



