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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hayman" data-source="post: 367636" data-attributes="member: 52867">As for the size of the "private country house", Dan Moist's photo – showing the building with all the scaffolding – suggests it had an extension at some time, or even extensions; perhaps after it ceased to be a family dwelling.Since a number of the derelict sites visited by members are what were once "private country houses", here is the layout of my main childhood home, one such 1880- built private country house that my parents ran a guest house.Ground floor - entrance hall, drawing room (lounge), dining room, conservatory with heating pipes to prevent frost, boiler room with boiler to heat conservatory, morning room, butler's pantry, side room, lavatory, kitchen, larder, back kitchen, another small room (use unknown, perhaps a store room or an office), coal/coke store, feed room for owner's carriage horses. Cellars - cool stores for apples and other fruits, further coal and firewood stores, large room possibly games room for the children or a utility room since it had a tiled floor with a drain in the middle. First floor front (for the family) - master bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, second main bedroom, three smaller bedrooms, small bedroom above dressing room, perhaps for nanny. First floor rear (partly for the servants) – lavatory, bathroom, largish bedroom, two small bedrooms, games room.Separate from the main house was the stable block.  The ground floor accomodated the owner's carriage, with the tack room, and loose boxes for the four carriage horses. The length of the first floor comprised the flat for the coachman and his family and groom(s).There was a large kitchen garden with a wall along one side for wall fruit. Also a large greenhouse.And there was a grape vine house.The grounds consisted of the main lawn, a side lawn, tennis court, paddock for the horses to graze, an apple orchard, and a large chicken run to supply both eggs and freshly killed chickens.A wooden coach house was halfway down the 100 yard drive.As for staff, there would have been the cook and under cooks, butler, maids, coachman and grooms and gardeners.James Hamlyn who had the place built in 1880 for himself and his future family was married to Sarah Petrie in 1874. Records show they had seven children, born between 1887 and 1905.</blockquote>

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