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PITREAVIE 541 FOURTH PERIOD The entrance hall at the foot of the staircase is very quaint, with its mouldings on the edges of the newel stopped off in a most picturesque way, and carried round the arris of the arch supporting the upper flight of the stair (Fig. 962). On the first floor the rooms open through each other, but in the floors above the rooms are all provided with separate FIG. 9t52. Pitreavie. Interior of West Wing. doors directly from the staircases. These being bedrooms, privacy is thus secured, and in most of them there are garde-robes in the outside walls. Many of the rooms are finished round the walls with wooden panelling, while the ceilings are decorated with thin moulded ribs generally in circular patterns, as shown on the plans. Until lately several walls were hung with old tapestry, which is now removed to Fordel.