The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 29
... upper end of the chamber ( this is , of course , at the lower end of the hall , as the door to the chamber was at the upper end ) was often provided what in mediaeval times was a very important feature - the chapel . Hall and chamber ...
... upper end of the chamber ( this is , of course , at the lower end of the hall , as the door to the chamber was at the upper end ) was often provided what in mediaeval times was a very important feature - the chapel . Hall and chamber ...
Page 32
... upper end of the chamber is the finest in any keep in the world ( 29 ) , being a complete little church in itself , having its own triforium to match those of the adjoin- ing hall and chamber . Unfortunately the main storey of the tower ...
... upper end of the chamber is the finest in any keep in the world ( 29 ) , being a complete little church in itself , having its own triforium to match those of the adjoin- ing hall and chamber . Unfortunately the main storey of the tower ...
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... upper end of the hall are matched by two at the upper or opposite end of the chamber . One of these is the chapel , which is a very pretty little room with arcaded walls and the remains of a fine east window . The beautiful main door ...
... upper end of the hall are matched by two at the upper or opposite end of the chamber . One of these is the chapel , which is a very pretty little room with arcaded walls and the remains of a fine east window . The beautiful main door ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 7 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 58 |
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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 curtains 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 gallery garrison gate gatehouse hall and chamber hall-keep Henry HEREFORDSHIRE interior Kidwelly later latrines lofty 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 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