At the end of the room was the place for the fire, with a wide chimney to take the smoke outside.
At the moment, two or three great drops of rain, the first of the storm, fell down the wide chimney, exploding in the clear turf-fire.
The children had actually been able to stand upright in some of them, their heads and shoulders up the wide chimney.
He shone the torch up the wide chimney, and saw the two rough steps hewn there in the side.
He pushed himself into the wide chimney, and felt frantically for the steps at the side.
"These old houses have very wide chimneys," said Diana.
They could see that it came from a wide chimney, leading apparently to the upper air.
These homes had wide chimneys and thatch roofs.
This first row of houses where constructed in a traditional Scottish style with a central fire and a wide chimney.
"Lucky it's a wide chimney," he remarked, picking up his flashlight.