Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "America's Finest Palladian Mansion: Inside Drayton Hall" video.

  1. The present appearance of Drayton Hall is impresssive enough, but imagine this place when it was a lived-in, functioning home. Not the most glamorous part of the site, but the privy reminded me of a video I saw elsewhere on You Tube: it was a video about exploring a deserted and rundown 18th century mansion somewhere in the eastern part of the United States. Remarkably the brick privy was still intact and the camera showed a view of the interior. It was large and could accommodate a number of people at the same time though I'm sure there were men's and women's sides to the structure. Instead of having the usual seating arrangement with round holes where people could relieve themselves, that part of the privy was broken up so that some parts were higher than others so people of different heights, children or adults for example, could more comfortably and conveniently take care of their needs. I've never seen that attention to detail in such a humble, functional structure.
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