Part 3

Inwood is a very well-preserved example of one of the earlier two-story dwellings in Bermuda. It has always been the house of the owner of a plantation large for Bermuda. It represents a certain degree of wealth and luxury. Its second story has now four good-sized bedrooms and two bathrooms. Three of the bedrooms have fireplaces with Dutch or English picture tiles and cedar mantles. This house was built about 1650 and was occupied by one of the early Governors when Bermuda was still a proprietary colony. Here he entertained and transacted business. It has a walled garden for fruits and flowers and another large piece now used as a vegetable garden surrounded by a high stonewall, said to have been built to prevent the depredations of wild hogs. The slave quarters are a separate building back of the house; other individual cottages were built for favorite slaves. Many interesting stories are told in connection with this place.

"CLUSTER COTTAGE"

CLUSTER COTTAGE: _Warwick_

PLAN

_A_--KITCHEN _B_--DINING ROOM _C_--LIVING ROOM _D_--BEDROOM _E_--BEDROOM _F_--BEDROOM _G_--VERANDA

A one-story house built on flat ground previous to 1700. It remains today almost as at first built and is still in the possession Of the descendants of the original owners. The cellar space beneath this cottage, cut from the living rock, damp and almost unlighted, was used for slaves' eating and sleeping quarters. The chimney at the east end served a primitive open fireplace and oven. A detached summer kitchen is in the rear of the building. All the rooms have the so-called tray ceilings. The plate is joined at each corner with a natural bend cedar knee. The veranda is an addition to the original house.

"THE COCOON"

THE COCOON: _Warwick East_

PLAN

_A_--LIVING ROOM _B_--ENTRANCE HALL _C_--BEDROOM _D_--BEDROOM _E_--CLOSET _F_--HALLWAY _G_--DINING ROOM _H_--KITCHEN _I_--BEDROOM

This house dates from about 1700 and is little changed. It is a type of the house of medium size of that time. The bedroom--I--has been added since the original house was built. The front shows chimneys at the point of each hip. The right hand or east chimney probably connected with a cooking fireplace in the cellar, remains of which are still discernible. The flue has been cut away on this floor--leaving the chimney supported on the roof, as is the balancing false chimney on the west side.

"HARMONY HALL"

HARMONY HALL: _East Warwick_

_A and B_--BEDROOMS _D_--BEDROOM NURSERY _E_--KITCHEN _F_--COVERED PORCH _G_--KITCHEN PANTRY _H and I_--SERVANTS' QUARTERS _J_--LIVING ROOM _K_--STAIR HALL _L_--DINING ROOM _M_--TANK _N_--BILLIARD ROOM _O_--ENTRANCE HALL _P_--GUEST ROOM _Q_--CELLAR SPACE

Harmony Hall is an example of a Bermudian house that has evolved by addition and alterations from a very simple original state to its present condition, but has remained Bermudian. The original part was probably built about 1700 or earlier. The first house consisted of the block A, B, C, D, E, and the buttery G, and the present servants' quarters. H and I were Kitchen Service. The house being on a slope, the front door was reached by a straight flight of steps opposite C. The basement was a storage space or cellar cut out from the hillside. At a somewhat later period wings J and L were added, the original steps removed, and an open portico and veranda, O and K, joined them. The house at this time was occupied by a shipowner and the large basement used for storing cargoes, etc., brought from nearby wharves. Early in the nineteenth century the portico was enclosed by filling in the arches and building a wall up to the veranda roof, and interior stairs were built.

"BLOOMFIELD"

BLOOMFIELD: _Paget_

PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

_A_--ENTRANCE HALL _B_--_Study_ _C_--DRAWING-ROOM _D_--STAIR HALL _E_--DINING ROOM _F, G and H_--KITCHEN SERVICE _I and J_--SERVANTS' QUARTERS

Bloomfield is a later type of house designed for a Bermudian gentleman. Built early in the nineteenth century, the symmetrical disposition of house and garden, and the detail of its interior show a distinctly Georgian inspiration. It is, nevertheless, completely Bermudian in expression, due to the smallness of its scale, the materials used and the exterior details.

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End of Project Gutenberg's Bermuda Houses, by John Sanford Humphreys