Fireplaces generally require more depth than can be provided in the thickness of the wall, and therefore necessitate a projection to contain the fireplace and flues, called the "chimney breast."
Hanging his hat upon the candle hook on one side of the chimney breast and his cloak on the other, he stood revealed a well-dressed officer, in the uniform of a Continental colonel.
Janice pulled one of the chairs nearer to the chimney breast, and then returned to the quilting-frame, at which she had been working when the interruption came.
The interior of a chimney breast behind the stove should always be filled in solid with concrete or brickwork.
The recessed spaces on each side of the chimney breast hold small semi-circular tables of marquetry, with a pair of long Adam mirrors hanging above them.
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These rights are usually attached to the most secure part of the commoners' holding, which is normally the hearth and thechimneybreast.
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This particular farm house had not been lived in for some time, and there was a hole in the old-fashionedchimneybreastwhich had been built outside.
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It retains its marble mantelpiece in thechimneybreast.
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On either side of thechimneybreastin the rear are small closets.
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Achimneybreastrises over the arch above the front door, serving the fireplace on the upper floor.
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The oven would be built into the side of thechimneybreast, often appearing as a round bulge in the chimney.
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The room therefore has a unique architectural feature: over the fireplace there is a window instead of the usualchimneybreast.
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Chimney jambs similarly project from the wall, but they do so on either side of the fireplace and serve to support thechimneybreast.
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Sometime after the original construction, a fifth bay was added to the east end, including a largechimneybreast.
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Achimneybreastextends up the west wall.
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The library'schimneybreasthas original fireplace jambs, a raised hearth and stile and rail paneling.
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The dining room fireplace is in a large projectingchimneybreastwith a simple wood mantel and similar hearthstones in front.
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In the front parlor the fireplace has its original wooden mantelpiece andchimneybreast.
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The interior of achimneybreastis commonly filled with brickwork or concrete.
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The largechimneybreastwhich now dominates the north face of the building was also added as part of these alterations, which took place in 1930.
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