Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 1 (of 2)Clark, George Thomas
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Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 1 (of 2)
Clark, George Thomas
Architecture -- England; Architecture, Medieval; Military architecture
The room next above these, the third floor of the body, was of the
dimensions of the great hall. It had three windows to the east and one
to the north, south, and west. It was entered from the well-staircase
in the north-east corner, and that of the south wing, and it had a door
direct into the north wing. This room has a long, full-centred barrel
vault, which rises about 6 feet above the walls, and is, therefore, to
the crown, about 15 feet high. It is probable that this great chamber
was broken up by partitions, but it contains no fireplace.
Corresponding to these floors in the body are, in the south wing,
five,—the first being the withdrawing-room already described, and
13 feet high. The second has two windows, a fireplace, and a mural
garderobe, and is about 11 feet high. The third, the same, and is 8
feet high; the fourth has the same arrangements, and, in addition, a
door into the private seat of the chapel. It is 17 feet high. The fifth
floor has two windows only, and is about 15 feet high to the crown of
its vaulted roof. All the chambers in this wing are of the same size,
and one over another.
The chambers in the north wing are over, and of the same size with,
the first floor or kitchen, the hood and chimney-shaft of which, built
against the west wall, passes up through each floor, tapering as it
rises. In this wing there are six floors, most having two windows and
some a fireplace. The second floor—that over the kitchen—is entered
from the eastern well-stair, whence, at 12 feet above the floor of the
hall, a mural passage threads the north wall and its window recess, and
leads into the chamber. Hence, ascending in the west wall of the hall
10 feet, it reaches the commencement of a well-stair, which leads to
the upper floors and the roof. The uppermost and sixth floor is in the
vault of the roof, and is lighted by orifices in its gables.
Besides these chambers in the two wings there are small mural chambers
at two levels in the west wall, which are reached from the south stair,
and look into the recess on the west front of the tower.
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