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Scored a freebe here: the entrance barriers were opened and unstaffed.
Turns out that the martial needs of the Grad fizzled out with the passing of the 16th C and from then it was mainly a country house. After a comfortable refit in the mid 18th C, the rooms remain as they were for us to enjoy today. Much like Petworth say, or South Park.
As you may guess, I was much taken with the library and its indiscrete mass heater. One of the unusual features was their method of stoking. The house was built around a square, central courtyard with balconies at each floor. The servants could use these invisibly to access the rear of the heaters the fire doors of which opened onto a balcony.
You may wonder why I include a photo of the kitchen range.
Guess why.

Hint: ostraches and emus.

Ans: no flue.
This is the only case I have ever seen where the pressure of the oven is used to force the smoke down, under the floor and into the chimney.
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