The hall itself had a smaller fireplace, as well as large windows with gunloops in between.
en.wikipedia.org Highlights of the house include a grand, central, living hall, paneled with hardwood and furnished with a fireplace, a winding staircase, and a two-storied gallery.
en.wikipedia.org A traditional fireplace can also draw hot air in from the room and expel it through the chimney, further lowering the efficiency.
en.wikipedia.org Buyers would often choose the architectural elements from pattern books that illustrated multiple styles of windows, doors, stairways and fireplace mantels.
en.wikipedia.org It retains many original 16th-century features, including timber-framed walls, inglenook fireplace and a well, but was extended sympathetically in 1980 to allow it to serve food.
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