The key word is "a" rainy day. I have found that the longer you have a fire going indoors the warmer it gets furthest from the fire. It is most likely that they may have had the fires going in their version of 24/7.
De -----Original Message----- A number of years ago we visited Cothele House in Cornwall on a cold rainy April day. It's a granite and slate Tudorish house with fancy woodwork and lots of tapestries on the walls. No electric lights, no central heating. There was a blazing fire in the great hall fireplace, but unless one was standing quite near the fire, it didn't seem to help much. Dark and damp and chilly, although it was at least out of the wind. All those layers of woolen clothes seemed like a good idea. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-cotehele Laura Dickerson _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
