December, 
1918 
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While a part of both, the din¬ 
ing room porch is a happy 
transition between house and 
terrace. A sleeping porch with 
rows of casement windows is 
above. The tall windows lo¬ 
cate the great hall, an interior 
view of which is shown on 
page 31, the feature of the plan 
The dining room is unusual in being a true 
replica of 15 th Century English Gothic. 
It is copied from an old house in Somerset 
and is done entirely in antique colored 
plaster. The furniture is original 16 th Cen¬ 
tury examples. Schmitt Brothers, decorators 
The forecourt is a veritable library of Tudor 
architecture —- a small entrance with low 
pointed arch, leaded casements, walls of 
stucco-filled half-timber, rough brick walls 
with random stone ashler and quoins, stair 
tower, rough slate roof and brick chimneys 
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