Some idle thoughts from an idle mind ...
During my first full viewing of the series when it ran last time, I believed Professor Timothy Elliot Stokes' home to be an apartment. I think I had that impression because whenever anyone visits, Professor Stokes opens the door, and the visitors are already inside the building, standing in what apparently is a hallway.
Someone countered this view recently, saying that his home is indeed a house.
I think another reason why one might have the impression that it's an apartment was given when Barnabas and Julia recently paid a call. They were shown knocking outside a door that had the number right on the door, which is the way it's usually done in apartments but less often with houses. When I replayed the scene, though, it looked like Julia was wrapping her coat more tightly around her and I thought you could hear wind, thus indicating that they were standing outside in the cold knocking on the door. (Nice touch, Grayson Hall!)
Now, however, whenever anyone stops by, they seem to be right outside that sitting room of Professor Stokes -- if this is a house, people sure seem to make themselves welcome by walking right in.
Do you suppose there's an enclosed porch, and most people walk right into that after knocking?
It's surprising that we're never given an exterior shot of the building/house -- why do you suppose that is? Every other dwelling that I can think of -- at least that of a substantive character -- is shown from the exterior to establish the house (Evans' cottage, Dr. Lang's Victorian gothic, etc.).
I keep finding myself surprised at the wealth of interesting material like this in this storyline that I usually say is one of my least favorites ...
The establishing shot recently of Barnabas reading a book while sitting in the drawing room of the Old House when Vicki pays a call is one that I think we see many times. I always wonder what he's reading ... I'm sure it's a classic of some kind, considering the sort of urbane and educated man Barnabas is ... it's obviously not the latest paperback best-seller.
Cassandra/Angelique ... has anyone else noticed that the woman is deranged? I mean, she's a combination of sadist and psycho ...