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	West Wing - in Detail Starting from the South West (bottom left) room, the rooms are (working anti-clockwise) labelled (Fig 1 below):-Coachman 10.5 by 16, Slaughter House 18 by 16, Day & Week (?) Larder 15 by 11, Cooks Pantry 9 by 5, Scullery 16 by 8 1/2, Kitchen 16 by 20, Butler 11 1/2 by 8 1/2, Business Room 16 by 11, Sherry (?) room (circular room in corner turret), Dress(?) room 10 by 11, coachouse 10 1/2 by 16 The upper level of the West Wing seems to have been mainly servants quarters, other than the South part which, as can be seen in Fig. 6 below, appears to have been used for loft and storage spaces Seton Castel - West Wing Fig 1. "U" shaped West Wing. Detail of Fig 1 above. This clearly shows how the links between the wing and the house and between wings via the curved corridor and loggia worked. As well as kitchen and related accommodation, the plan also shows a slaughter house and two coach houses on this side. Presumably the horses, kept in the stables in the East wing, would have been walked around each time a carriage was required Fig 2. Ariel view from roof of the House. This view shows the monopitch roof over the West Wing, and the East side fronting onto the entrance court. Fig 3. West Wing South Side. A horizontal emphasis is set up by the string course but this is contained by the verticality of the turrets at corners. Fig 4. West Wing Corner. There are turrets at each of the corners of the U shaped block, giving four down the West side which march off in martial fashion. Fig 5.West Courtyard from the South West. This courtyard and the rooms around it would have been the centre of activity for the domestic staff. Fig 6.West Courtyard South Side. There are a pair of Diocletian Windows in the upper storey. The right hand one is over the door to the coach house on this side. Fig 7. West Block North Side. There is a blind arcade of three arched recesses on this elevation, in contrast to the single arched recess on the South side.
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