Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VIII (1859)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford London, J. H. and J. Parker · leaf 110
f thebay window, is placed at the end of the hall, behindthe dais, in a recess provided for it in the wall; theserecesses are sometimes plain, merely to receive thewood-work, as in Kidwelly Castle, South Wales; inother cases the stone-work is enriched with ornament,as at Dirleton Castle, Scotland.… … THORNBURY CASTLE GLOUCESTERSHIRE. THE HALL. 55 increased in size and importance until the time of Henryvm., when it becomes one of the most conspicuous fea-tures of the house, as at Cowdray and Compton Win-yate. The usual position for it is at one end of the dais,and there are sometimes two, one at…
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