The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-05-01
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY l. 1875. No.

be lifted with ease.
!. From the reception room ano-
ther door opens into the main
hall, which is fourteen feet wide,
fourteen feet high and sixty-tive
feet in length. The ceiling Of this
hall is alono.a subject for days
study. At each Of its four cor
ners is fresco representing one
of tho four Seasons, and the main
portion is frescoed in panels which
surround an eliptical Roman cen
tre-pieco.
From the hall on the north
side, the visitor next goes through
a pair Of walnut-sliding doors, ten
feet in width by eleven in height,
into the drawing room. BY a
sim pie and ingenious arrange
! ment within tho wall these doors
are so made as to rebound when
forcibly pushed back, and close
. themselves again. The drawing
room is twenty by thirty-eight
feet, and on it's northern side us q
deep bay window, directly oppo.
site the door, lighted by large
plate glass twin window, with
side lights danking it. On either
side Of the door and the recess OF
this window is a Corinthian pill
aster of solid cherry, supporting
heavy cherry beam running
across the apartment from north
to south. The cornices are Corin-
THAN, and carved in solid cherry.
The wainscoting is two feet six
inches high, and runs all around
the room, connecting with the
pilasters by supporting pedestals.
All the wood work is IN cherry
polished and elaborately carved
and ornamented, as is also the
mantcl. Over the mantel, and
built into the wall, is a beautifully
ornamented cherry frame.
On south side Of the hall and
next east of the reception room is
the library, sixteen by twenty
feet, with walnut bookcases built
into the walls, richly carved solid
walnut mantel, and plain marble
wainscoting. The fireplace here
is open and ornamented with
hand-painted art tiles, containing
various Shakespcarian scenes, and
the ceiling is appropriately fres-
coed.
The dining room is tw enty by
thirty.eight feet, having a bay
window on the south. The cell
ings Of this room are crossed and
recrossed by solid oak beams, SIX
by twelve inches, which intersect
each other so as to form thirty
two divisions, each four feet
square. In the centre OF each
of these divisions there is a plas-
ter ornament representing plates
Of various fruits, surrounded by
elaborate fresooes. The bay win
dow is separated from the main
room by segmented arch in oak
supported by Gothic solid oak
columns and carved capitals. The
mantel consists of one piece OF
solid oak elaborately carved and
ornamented with ebony. 1t is
eight feet long, and its total
height is ten feet six inches, d
frame being above the cross piece
containing a mirror seven feet
wide and FIVE feet high.
Hero the visitor crosses the
hall and comes to the two walnut
| pedestals against which rests the
foot Of the staircase. On these
| will stand life.size statuary and
large lantern. The staircase steps
arc five feet long being twelve
inches in width and seven inches
high. They are Of black walnut.
On the right side Of the stairway,
against the wall, a wainscotlng
similar to that OF the nail runs uP'
while the outside rail is massive
and supported by heavy black wal
nut open work. Fifteen steps
lead to the first landing, which IS
eight by fourteen feet, lighted by
large twin plate glass window
and with parquettry flooring
Under this landing is room of
the same size, with broad pas
sage between the west pedestal of
the staircase and the corner OF the
hall leading to it, which will be
used as a cloam room, and is
lighted by plate glass windows
On this first landing there Will al
40 be a large lantern. From this