The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 44
... architect had been discovered . Henry's own architect , Alnoth , while still draw- ing his yearly salary , seems to have built no more keeps , although he was continually engaged on the royal palaces , and when Newcastle keep was ...
... architect had been discovered . Henry's own architect , Alnoth , while still draw- ing his yearly salary , seems to have built no more keeps , although he was continually engaged on the royal palaces , and when Newcastle keep was ...
Page 97
... architects , and it is often found that their castles have towers at their opposite angles only . The gatehouse of ... architect , it might perhaps be of interest to note some figures connected with its erection . The work was expedited ...
... architects , and it is often found that their castles have towers at their opposite angles only . The gatehouse of ... architect , it might perhaps be of interest to note some figures connected with its erection . The work was expedited ...
Page 113
... architects had been striving against one great enemy , the miner . They had won their fight all along the line . Since the days of John no castle had been taken by the mine . Now , surrendered and deserted , they were given over to the ...
... architects had been striving against one great enemy , the miner . They had won their fight all along the line . Since the days of John no castle had been taken by the mine . Now , surrendered and deserted , they were given over to the ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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arch architects architecture bailey barbican basement Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris beautiful besiegers Bishop's Waltham built Caerphilly castellan castle halls CASTLE RISING castle-builders chapel Chepstow Chilham circular constructed crenellated cross-wall defences ditch domestic buildings Dover early Norman earthwork Edward Edwardian elaborate enclosure engines England English castle entrance passage erected example feudal figs fireplace forebuilding fortified fortress fourteenth century Framlingham gallery garrison gate gatehouse hall and chamber hall-keep Henry HEREFORDSHIRE interior Kidwelly later latrines lord main floor masonry Maxstoke mediaeval middle military moat MONMOUTHSHIRE motte motte-and-bailey castles Norman castle Orford outer palisades Portchester possibly protected ramparts remains Rochester roof round keep royal castles ruins Saxon scarps seems seen shell-keep Shropshire side siege stair staircase stone walls storey stronghold structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber castle to-day tower Tower of London tower-keeps trebuchet triforium twelfth century upper usually wall-towers Yorkshire