Talk:Theodore Swann residence
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Misconceptions
- Some sources have it that Swann actually transported the great hall from England and reconstructed it. I have seen no documentary or physical evidence for this rumor and, although Satterfield (1976) identifies the source as Rochester Castle, that castle's great hall has been generally in disrepair since it was besieged by King John in the 13th century. The surviving hall of Hedingham Castle, identified in Griffith and Satterfield (1999) was obviously the actual model for Swann's Norman Hall (called "Stone Room" in WKD's plans). Mercifully, that room remains intact in Essex, where it is hired out for weddings.
- Some sources mislabel the Norman Hall "Chaucer Hall", or apply that name to the entire house. It seems more likely that "the Chaucer Room" was another name for the library, which featured Chaucer's characters in the stained glass windows.