A HISTORY OF SURREY 



that there has been nothing taken down. The arrangement found at 

 Witley of the large chimney block, door and two parlours, was one that 

 b.ecame quite usual, and arose from experience in adapting old open halls 

 to the new requirements/ 



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Fig. 9. Plan of Rake Housk, Witley. 



The plan of Eagle House, Wimbledon,' is of great interest, as it is 

 a very complete specimen of a London merchant's suburban house of the 



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h'lG. 10. First Floor Plan of Eagle House, Wimbledon. 



time of Elizabeth (Fig. 10). We here have the tradition of the hall pre- 

 served, although on the first floor ; the various bedrooms open out of a 



1 Surr. Arch. Coll. xviii. 1 1. 

 470 



' Ibid. X. 151. 



