tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468402655732552451.post7195864979187799439..comments2024-01-22T14:15:54.809-08:00Comments on A Regency Reticule: Stabling In The Nineteenth CenturyHeather King Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00416923442181947873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468402655732552451.post-43697898318239209482014-08-23T13:05:59.307-07:002014-08-23T13:05:59.307-07:00Thank you for the kind words, Angelina. I'm pl...Thank you for the kind words, Angelina. I'm pleased you found it interesting. The word 'mews' originally comes from the French word 'muer', a place where moulting birds of prey were kept. The Royal Mews at Charing Cross were so named because they were erected on the site of the royal hawk mews. A mews can be built around a flagged courtyard, in a row or even in a galleried building, with the grooms' rooms above and the coach-house below. The Bull and Mouth Inn was constructed in this manner, with the bedchambers opening on to balconies which overlooked the yard. Although not a mews, it gives an idea. Ramps were sometimes built to take horses to upper floors, so that more could be stabled without requiring further ground space - the forerunner of the multi-storey car park!Heather King Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416923442181947873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468402655732552451.post-31238696763951911132014-08-22T08:16:01.632-07:002014-08-22T08:16:01.632-07:00Lovely blog post Very informative. So would the me...Lovely blog post Very informative. So would the mews floor plan be something like the smaller stable you have pictured above?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264505797801217125noreply@blogger.com