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It is almost certain that even at the time of the Conquest there were no stone houses in England , practically all buildings being of timber construction . The Normans came from a country which had no stone architecture of its own at ...
It is almost certain that even at the time of the Conquest there were no stone houses in England , practically all buildings being of timber construction . The Normans came from a country which had no stone architecture of its own at ...
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has lived in a timber house knows how it is apt to twist and flop if it is insufficiently braced . It seems possible that the classical principle may have reached the timber builders of Normandy about the time when the first castle ...
has lived in a timber house knows how it is apt to twist and flop if it is insufficiently braced . It seems possible that the classical principle may have reached the timber builders of Normandy about the time when the first castle ...
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Then came the stone defensible house still surrounded by a timber palisade . The palisade being replaced by defensible stone walls , the house could then be of timber . When the walls were raised into high curtains , it was obviously ...
Then came the stone defensible house still surrounded by a timber palisade . The palisade being replaced by defensible stone walls , the house could then be of timber . When the walls were raised into high curtains , it was obviously ...
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| Title | The English Castle British heritage series The English countryside series |
| Author | Hugh Braun |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's sons, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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