The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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Page 38
... interior is diffi- cult to understand . It has a fine vaulted basement which suggests the usual plan of a hall with a central row of columns beneath it and a chamber with the usual small room at its end which is often the chapel , but ...
... interior is diffi- cult to understand . It has a fine vaulted basement which suggests the usual plan of a hall with a central row of columns beneath it and a chamber with the usual small room at its end which is often the chapel , but ...
Page 38
... interior has been ruined by being turned into a barracks , and it is not clear how many floors it had originally ; at present there is a basement and three upper floors . The first of these is certainly original , as there is a Norman ...
... interior has been ruined by being turned into a barracks , and it is not clear how many floors it had originally ; at present there is a basement and three upper floors . The first of these is certainly original , as there is a Norman ...
Page 72
... interior faces of the outer walls instead of scattering the hall , chamber , chapel and various offices all over the interior of the castle . There- after the internally projecting towers were found to be in the way , and so they were ...
... interior faces of the outer walls instead of scattering the hall , chamber , chapel and various offices all over the interior of the castle . There- after the internally projecting towers were found to be in the way , and so they were ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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