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[[File:DETAIL SHOWING INGLENOOK OF BLUE BEDROOM - Stan Hywet Hall, 714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, OH HABS OHIO,77-AKRO,5-95.tif|thumb |right|Inglenook in the Blue Bedroom of Stan Hywet Hall, Summit County, Ohio]]
An '''inglenook''' or '''chimney corner''' is a recess that adjoins a fireplace. The term "inglenook" comes from "{{linktext |ingle}}", an old Scots word (derived from the Gaelic ''aingeal'') for a domestic fire, and "{{linktext |nook}}".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/ingle |title=Ingle |publisher=Dictionaries of the Scots Language |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite OED|Ingle-nook}}</ref>
The inglenook originated as a partially enclosed hearth area, appended to a larger room. The hearth was used for cooking, and its enclosing alcove became a natural place for people seeking warmth to gather. With changes in building design, kitchens became separate rooms, while inglenooks were retained in the living space as intimate warming places {{en dash}} subsidiary spaces within larger rooms.<ref name=toh1>{{cite web |last=Holt |first=Stephen |title=The Inglenook: A History of Hearth & Home |date=13 March 2002 |url=http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,217014,00.html |publisher=This Old House |access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref>
Inglenooks were prominent features of shingle-style architecture and characteristic of Arts and Crafts architecture, but began to disappear with the advent of central heating.<ref name=toh1/><ref name=historic>{{cite web |title=What Was the Arts and Crafts Movement?|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/showcasing/heritage-highlights/arts-and-crafts-movement/ |publisher=Historic England |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> Prominent American architects who employed the feature included Greene and Greene, Henry Hobson Richardson, and Frank Lloyd Wright. British architect Richard Norman Shaw significantly influenced Richardson.<ref name=ohj1>{{cite journal |last=Flaherty |first=Carolyn |author2=Conley, Katharine |title=Cosy Corners |journal=Old-House Journal |date=November 1980 |pages=178–179}}</ref>
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