Kitchen door sill and jamb feet

Interior view of door sill and jamb feet [detail of DTR09PH52--1001.01.136]. The restored south jamb is set on the original stone door sill, which exhibits a full-width transverse fracture [visible between plank and left (north) door jamb]. This fracture is probably related to the deflection and dislocations in the east kitchen wall masonry and timber supports [see DTR09PH4--1001.01.124 for discussion of other failures in the lower ground level of the building]. Note "bleached" jamb feet caused by moisture "wicking" up from water table. Laurence Ward, 2009