The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 35
... door to the well - shaft which rises in its north - western angle . The hall was approached by a door- way at its western end , and this was covered by a forebuilding with the usual external stair . The private stair in the north ...
... door to the well - shaft which rises in its north - western angle . The hall was approached by a door- way at its western end , and this was covered by a forebuilding with the usual external stair . The private stair in the north ...
Page 84
... door to these and other chambers within the castle were erected projecting " spurs , " permanent panelled screens which served to protect the rooms from draughts when the door was opened ( often , of course , directly into the open air ) ...
... door to these and other chambers within the castle were erected projecting " spurs , " permanent panelled screens which served to protect the rooms from draughts when the door was opened ( often , of course , directly into the open air ) ...
Page 90
... door which was pivoted above the entrance arch and acted as a counterpoise to the bridge , the door coming down into position when the bridge was raised and staying up close to the ceiling of the entrance passage when the bridge was ...
... door which was pivoted above the entrance arch and acted as a counterpoise to the bridge , the door coming down into position when the bridge was raised and staying up close to the ceiling of the entrance passage when the bridge was ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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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