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 FOUNTAINHALL 553 FOURTH PERIOD None of the ground floor rooms are vaulted, and the apartments are well lighted, the idea of defence not having controlled the design to any appreciable extent. The single entrance doorway in the angle, with the ground floor windows stanchioned, and the solid walls, are the only precautions used against assault in the construction of the mansion. The room at the west end of the ground floor contains an oven, built into what was originally a fireplace. In the first addition, which was built to the eastwards of the kitchen, a door is introduced for communication with the kitchen, and a turret staircase is projected out behind (Fig. 973). DORMLR OF RECEPTION ROOM Fio. 974. Fountainhall. Dormer of Reception Room and Doorway in Garden Wall. The wing projecting southwards at the east end is a building of a still later period. On the ground floor it contained two rooms (now thrown into one), each with a separate entrance from the outside. The upper floor, reached by an open stair, having a covered porch at the