A staircase whose entrance is concealed behind a door next to a fireplace;
sometimes architecturally balanced by a pantry door on the opposite side of the fireplace; often found in elegant homes in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A staircase whose entrance is concealed behind a door next to a fireplace;
sometimes architecturally balanced by a pantry door on the opposite side of the fireplace; often found in elegant homes in the 18th and 19th centuries.