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Page: 3The stove is at the same location as the original kitchen hearth.
I have been fighting the good fight to save this little bathroom, but it looks like I am going to lose. This was a creative use of this space, and the sink in it was found as architectural salvage in England some 30 years ago. Our architect has struggled to work out a wider staircase, interior access to the basement, and a new kitchen space, which is why the bathroom will have to give way. Plus our construction manager insists that the bathroom isn't to code. Ah well. At least the sink will be salvaged, again.
I have found it a real struggle to catch the stained glass at 847 Asylum Avenue in just the perfect afternoon light, in part because I'm not the best photographer in the world and in part because my timing seemed consistently lousy. However, it was recently pointed out to me that the stained glass was added in 1884-1885, when the surrounding landscape was very different. For one thing, that tree that casts a show along the west side of the house would not have been that tall 150 years ago, if it had been there at all. And, more significantly, Trinity Episcopal Church, which is southwest of the Plimpton House, didn't have its tower until 1912 -- and that was probably the last time the light I've been looking for was available.
So I feel less bad than I did as I took these photos! It also highlights that not all of the stained glass is on the west side of the house: there's stained glass on the front of the house, too, which never catches direct sunlight, and then there's the dramatic stained glass in the fireplace in the billiard room, which catches the morning sun.
