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**//Architecture  //**  __Intro__ Ewelme Cottage is named after the English village of Ewelme, southeast of Oxford where Blanche had lived for six years before her marriage.

__Entrance Lobby__ Formed during 1882, the porch and entrance lobby are part of the old verandah. It seems weird but through it is the 'front' door to visitors and it is the back of the house.

__Dining room__ This room was changed in the 1882 alterations. Before it was changed to a dining room it was either the old kitchen or part of it.

__Buttery__ The 'buttery' as the Lush family called it was a small, brick paved enclosure on the side of the house. It was a cool room used to store food and has an extremely low door frame reminding people that Blanche and her daughters had been quite short.

__Kitchen__ This kitchen was either built here in 1882 or as suggested earlier, moved to this position after been cut from the dining room. The bench and sink were quite advanced for their time and it has been said that they had water piped to their house.

__Study__ The study was the last room to have been renovated in 1882. It was built as a bedroom and used as one by the last occupant in 1968. However the last grandson and granddaughter remembered it as having four uses at different times - study, breakfast room, kindergarten and bedroom.

__Drawing Room__ The most ambitious feature of the 1882 renovations was the creation of the drawing room by removing the wall between the original sitting room and the dining room. The magnificent black and gold fireplace and overmantel were also introduced this year.

__Master Bedroom, Dressing Room, Sewing Room and Bathroom__ This area of the cottage is part of the original dwelling even though it has some alterations. Blanche used the master bedroom until her death, later her son Edward used it as a study. By 1968 it was just used as a storage area.

__The Attics and Lumber room__ The two main attics were used as children's bedrooms. The other, the attic above the dinning room is referred to as the lumber room and was used to store boxes and other items such as trunks.

Page 1 -Homepage Page 2 -Fun Facts Page 3 - The Lush Family Page 5 -Gallery and Details Page 6 -Our visit to Ewelme Cottage and Bibliography Page 7 -Ghost Hunt Page 8 -Feedback

