Entrance Hall (Austin Friars Townhouse)

Central entrance hall of Cromwell's Austin Friars townhouse marks the threshold where household routine meets political intrusion. Servants and Gregory wait at night as Cromwell descends from Johane's bedroom above, footsteps echoing off walls while he relays Wyatt's arrest, shifting quiet domesticity to crisis. Day brings Cromwell back pale and dazed from Henry's audience; Wriothesley and Rafe approach him here before the household erupts in cheers over knighthoods and council posts, masking his isolation with forced revelry.