Some account of domestic architecture in England from Edward I to Richard II, with notices of foreign examples and numerous illustrations of existing remains from original drawings (1882)
them, sometimes as places of security towhich to retire in case of any sudden attack; in other in-stances as a mark of rank, as this was one of the usual dis-tinct privileges of the nobility, although in towns wealthycitizens were sometimes allowed to have towers to theirhouses, and the use of a… … PELE TOWERS. 11 with towers, remain in the old towns of France andItaly. In the border countries these towers, commonly calledPele towers, are very usual, answering the same purpose asthe keep of a castle, the strongest point for the last despe-rate defence. The tower appears sometimes to have…
Architecture, Domestic
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