Editing ALVATIA: Ingsby - Mill (section)

===East Wing===

The east wing is laid out as a typical three bay [[ALVATIA:_Cottage_Styles|cottage]], with the byre at the south end divided from the rest of the building by a wattle and daub wall. The center bay is the hall, with a central hearth; the north bay is the pantry/buttery below, and a loft above. An interior wall divides the west and east wings, with a single door opening into the hall.

Three short wicker walls divide the byre into four stalls, in one of which is stored a wheelbarrow, three brooms, two buckets, and several empty barrels of various sizes. The other three stalls have simple wooden feed-bins. The floors of the stalls are thick with mud and manure; the east wing reeks of it. Stored on planks across the byre's roof beams are some of the miller's food supply, broken tools or furniture, some bits of lumber, and other items. A crude ladder leads from the hall up to this dim, dusty loft.

The hall itself, in the middle of the east wing, is 13 feet on a side. A door, with a stone threshold, and two shuttered windows look out to the east from this room; ladders lead up to the loft over the byre (south) and over the pantry (north). A flimsy door in the west wall, near its north end, opens between the hall and the mill room. A stone floor hearth in the center of the room sends smoke (more or less) up through a hole at the peak of the thatched roof; a ceramic firestopper is stored behind a bench chest. A few more pieces of lumber are stored on the roof beams. Three stools, three bench chests, and a trestle table, take up much of the space in this room; all are more than usually rickety. Fresh reeds are scattered on the floor every few days by the miller's wife. In the evening a few candles are available to pierce the dusty gloom -- by day, the firehole in the roof ridge, the open door, and the two windows, allow beams of sunlight to appear in the dusty indoors air.

The pantry and buttery take up the northern end of the east wing. They are surprisingly bare, with nets, buckets, tubs and shelves holding only a minimal amount of food. The loft above, reached from the hall by a wooden ladder, contains two chests, one with a simple padlock keeping it closed. Bits of clothing and bedding lie on the floorboards; a shuttered window looks out over the millpond.