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Another way of supporting joists was to inset the wall at each floor level and rest them on the resultant ledge ( e.g. Conisbrough ) . When the span was too wide even for the mighty baulks available in the Middle Ages , a central ...
Another way of supporting joists was to inset the wall at each floor level and rest them on the resultant ledge ( e.g. Conisbrough ) . When the span was too wide even for the mighty baulks available in the Middle Ages , a central ...
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Pembrokeshire Typically , they are rectangular in plan with a tunnel - vaulted ground floor ( as a protection against ... From the corner of the entrance floor a vice gave access to two ( or more ) upper floors which provided living ...
Pembrokeshire Typically , they are rectangular in plan with a tunnel - vaulted ground floor ( as a protection against ... From the corner of the entrance floor a vice gave access to two ( or more ) upper floors which provided living ...
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Stirlingshire floor by means of a ladder or a permanent ( but inflammable ) wooden staircase ending in a drawbridge . When this stair was stone it usually was protected by a forebuilding . Interior communication may have involved two ...
Stirlingshire floor by means of a ladder or a permanent ( but inflammable ) wooden staircase ending in a drawbridge . When this stair was stone it usually was protected by a forebuilding . Interior communication may have involved two ...
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