21. Inside, there is one single room with a large stone chimney breast and fireplace and mahogany bookshelves. 22. The brick of the chimney breast projects into the room space, echoing the brick of the hearth below. 23. A large painted, brick chimney breast is at the centre of the gable and is flanked by windows. 24. Other decoration includes projecting chimney breasts , engaged pilasters, molded shadow box panels, broad crown moldings and encased ceiling beams. 25. Sometime after the original construction, a fifth bay was added to the east end, including a large chimney breast . 26. On the paneled chimney breast hangs a Federal pier mirror with a convex glass and elaborate scroll work trim. 27. The room retains early or original fixtures including a concrete washtub and a copper tub built into the chimney breast . 28. Originally, there were seven square chimneys, two of which were unusually set diagonally in the chimney breast in the east wall. 29. The oven would be built into the side of the chimney breast , often appearing as a round bulge in the chimney. 30. He began by covering the masonry chimney breast with white stucco, and plugged in an elegant, 2-inch-thick slab of off-white marble.
