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Calendar Events / Announcements '04 I / Re:Collinwood House
« on: February 05, 2004, 03:13:09 PM »Looks like either the servant's entrance or the fire escape. Hardly, a door any decent self-respecting rich person would walk through.
Actually, the door is an exit from the house's foyer to the terrace. If any servants were allowed to use it, they were probably waiting on the people on the terrace.
The servants' entrances were probably on the other side of the house (in areas that were never seen on DS). One door leads to the old kitchen (now the laundry room) and the other to an area where the present cleaning staff keeps their supplies.
LOL! I was a bit surprised myself about that cheap looking staircase.
As for the stairs, the fire escapes were added in the '50s after the building was first converted to a school. There are actually several, though the others are a bit less conspicuous.