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 | | Among the larger half-timber houses built in the I5th and 16th centuries, mention may be made of Bramhall Hall, near Manchester; Speke Hall, near Liverpool (see Plate III., fIg. |
 | | ye a basement with cold and dark passages; a great saloon in the centre of the block, lighted from above, took the place of the great entrance hall of the Tudor period, and the rooms frequently led one out of the other, without an independent entrance door. |
 | | On the other hand, in the ordinary houses, the deficiency in external ornamertt was amply made up for by the comfort in the interior and the decoratios1 of the staircase and other rooms. |
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