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Next to the Chippendale Desk is a small writing table. This plain little table with its straight legs and sleek lines
appears to be built in the style of Hepplewhite, which was popular from 1780 to 1810.
However, according to an 1848
interview with Gabriel Ford, this table was a favorite of General Washington. Ford claimed that Washington used
this table for writing letters and that ink spots on the table were left by General Washington.
In the back of the fireplace is an iron plate with the British Royal Crest cast on its obverse. This is called a "Fireback" and was used to radiate heat into the room.
In this room the daily activities of Washington's staff were performed. Washington also used this room to meet with officers and citizens. At 3 p.m. daily, Washington, Mrs. Washington, his staff, and guests began the main meal of the day. At least three courses were served, and the meal took in excess of two hours to consume. But much of that time was used to informally discuss military topics, such as supply, recruitment, and strategy for the spring campaign.
Of special interest is the Chippendale desk thought to have been here during the winter of 1779-80. Also observe the Chippendale mirror, a Ford family piece, with a Phoenix bird rising from the top. By 1780, the Phoenix bird motif evolved into the young nation's symbol, the American Eagle. In the back of the fireplace is an iron plate with the British
Royal Crest cast on its obverse. This is called a "Fireback" and was used to radiate heat into the room. Finally, the set of white dishes in the back of the room are Queensware.
During his stay in this house, Washington ordered a set of this English earthenware which was completed before he left for his next home at the Dey Mansion near present-day Wayne, New Jersey.
Following Washington's departure in June 1780, the Ford Mansion once again became a private residence. Nearly a century later, Henry Ford, Jacob's grandson, specified in his will that the House be sold at public auction. The two highest bidders formed a historical society, the Washington Association, in 1872. This Association is still active today and continues to assist the National Park Service. In 1933.
Morristown became the first National Historical Park.
A look around the town of Ludlow in Shropshire.
In Castle Square.
Castle Lodge on the corner with Mill Street. Ludlow Castle is to the right of here.
Grade II* listed building
Castle Lodge and Attached Railings
Details
LUDLOW
SO5174 CASTLE SQUARE 825-1/1/192 Castle Lodge and attached railings 15/04/54
GV II*
House. Probably C14-C15 with late C16/early C17 superstructure. Rubble; timber-frame and plaster; hipped slate roof; brick stack to rear. 3-storeys; 4-window range: C16 moulded wood mullion and transom windows with casements and small leaded lights. Later 2nd floor of 3 bays of timber-framing, with moulded bressummer, on consoles with stone corbels; mullioned windows with leaded lights. Entrance, to right, has studded plank door in C14(?) pointed arch with, to right, moulded wood mullion and transom window with leaded lights and to left, large bay with wood transom, and further mullion and transom window. Front to Mill Street has jettied chevron braced 2nd floor; to right, C18 tiered canted bay with mullion and transom leaded lights, those to ground floor decorated; to left, blocked opening, and moulded wood mullion and transom windows with leaded lights, to ground and 1st floors. Right return of rubble, with windows to 1st and 2nd floors. To Castle Square and Mill Street frontages, late C18 wrought-iron railings and gate, with urn-finials to posts, on stone plinth. INTERIOR: imported C16-C19 panelling; decorative plaster ceilings with pendants; fireplaces with fireback and overmantel; panelling doors with architraves and entablatures. (Ludlow Historical Research Group).
Listing NGR: SO5099074584