An inglenook (Modern Scots ingleneuk), or chimney corner, is a small recess that adjoins a fireplace. The word is formed with ingle, meaning `fireplace` in Old English (from Old Scots or Irish Gaelic aingeal, `angel` or euphemistically `fire`), and nook. Inglenooks originated as a partially enclosed hearth area, appended to a larger room. Th... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglenook
wooden seat or settle built into the space on either side of the wide fireplaces common in 17th-century English houses and cottages. The word is of ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/22