Fireplace
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
1860 - 1865
Materials
Brick, Steel
Measurements
2 m* (w)
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Red House, Kent
NT 60137
Summary
Over brick chimneypiece is inscribed the moto 'Ars longa vita brevis' 'Life is short; Art endures'. Yellow on brown background. The Steel smoke hood and squared cone added by the Macdonald's in the late 1950's. The is grate set into 2.5 courses of black brickwork (?)