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14 <br /> United States Department of the Interior <br /> National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form <br /> NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No.1024-0018 <br /> Moorefields (Additional Documentation) Orange County, N.C. <br /> Name of Property County and State <br /> _ 7 <br /> Figure 5: West end chimney at Moorefields, showing English ivy atop a layer of parge, 1968.Mary Claire Engstrom <br /> Photographic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wilson Library,North Carolina Collection: <br /> P0050,Print Box 3,folder 152. <br /> The front door opens into a stair hall,in which the staircase abuts the interior west wall of the main <br /> block, turning to access the landing on the northwest corner of the second story. The stairwell is <br /> notable for its unique Chinese-lattice (or Chippendale) balustrade, molded handrail, and square <br /> newel post with molded cap. After 1982, a closet underneath the stairs was converted into a small <br /> half-bathroom. The hall continues to the north porch,the enclosure of which preserved the original <br /> wood windows and glazing on the original rear elevation of the main block as well as the original <br /> chamfered,wooden posts from an earlier open porch.What was once the original back door,which <br /> is now an interior entry,mirrors the front entry in location and design,being a single-leaf,paneled, <br /> wooden door in a simple molded surround with a four-light transom. <br /> From the side-passage hallway, one is able to enter the southwestern bedchamber from a doorway <br /> at the foot of the stairs. Longitudinal and cross sections of the house taken as a set of measured <br /> drawings in 1966 show that the primary height of the bedchambers is 8-feet, 10-inches.13 The two <br /> Section 7 page 12 <br />