Rotherjield Hall 
THE WALL OF THE UPPER TERRACE 
ROTHERFIELD HALL 
ing gave the key-note to the architectural 
design of the new work, and the latter has 
weathered so quickly and so well, owing in a 
great measure to the intelli¬ 
gent treatment of the ma¬ 
sonry, that it is not at once 
evident where the old struc¬ 
ture ends and the new be¬ 
gins. In a general sense the 
old approach has been re¬ 
tained, but the farm road, 
which on the north side made 
a difficult angle with the house, 
has been altered. It now cuts 
slightly into the hillside and 
passes through a forecourt, 
furnished with a large circular 
turf plot and sun-dial, dividing 
the avenue into two drives, 
one leading to another public 
road skirting the estate, the 
other to the stables. 
On the eastern side of the forecourt is a 
green terrace, six feet above the court level, 
with a double flight of steps in the retaining 
THE BOAR s HEAD SPOUT AND THE STEPS TO THE 
TURFED TERRACE 
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