By
Michele Ann Young
Fenton House continued
We saw the narrow servants' stairs in the previous set of pictures. Here are the stairs the family would have used. Not the impressive staircase of some of the houses we have seen, but clearly wide, with lighting from a large window on the first landing, which itself is wide enough for a chair. The window looks out over the walled garden.
This is the original seventeenth century staircase with twisted balusters. Now we go upstairs
This next room on th...
Published on August 24, 2010 20:56