The first door on the left led into the front sitting-room, an apartment about nine feet square, with a bay window.

This room was very rarely used and was always very tidy and clean.

The mantelpiece was of wood painted black and ornamented with jagged streaks of red and yellow, which were supposed to give it the appearance of marble.

On the walls was a paper with a pale terra-cotta ground and a pattern consisting of large white roses with chocolate coloured leaves and stalks.
There was a small iron fender with fire-irons to match, and on the mantelshelf stood a clock in a polished wood case, a pair of blue glass vases, and some photographs in frames.

The floor was covered with oilcloth of a tile pattern in yellow and red.