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 GILBERTFIELD 87 FOURTH PERIOD are nearly crushed out by the gables, and in one case the gable is com- pleted without a turret. The kitchen has a large fireplace 14 feet by 5 feet, enclosed, with a fine round arch, with a seat at one end and an oven at the other. There is the usual stone sink and drain, and rusty iron u cleeks" in the ceiling tell of a hospitality and plenty long since passed away. There is a dinner service stair, besides the main stair, between the kitchen floor and FIG. 552. Gilbertfield. View from the North-West. the dining-room above. This is a fine room about 27 feet long by 17 feet wide, and 14 feet 3 inches high, with a large wide fireplace, which has been contracted to one half its original size to make it suitable for modern life. A parlour adjoins this room, and on each of the floors above there are three bedrooms.