House & Garden 
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AN ARCHWAY 
THE READ HOUSE 
entrance to the stairway, an entrance with an 
architrave and detail highly characteristic of 
the period. The beautifully proportioned 
rooms adjoining the hall are separated by An 
Archway and are finished with elaborately 
carved mantels. Singularly enough not only 
the doors which show the natural color of 
the wood darkened by age, but all their other 
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