orford keep c12

castles and fortifications

Folder: english secular architecture
orford keep c12

orford keep c12

30 Aug 2009 139
Built 1165 for Henry II, the first multangular keep, using lessons gained from islamic fortification
hedingham castle 1140

hedingham castle 1140

04 Nov 2009 129
sherborne castle chapel

sherborne castle chapel

03 Nov 2009 108
sherborne castle

sherborne castle

03 Nov 2009 120
this c12 pillar and norman capital were reused to support later work in the "keep", but from where?
sherborne castle

sherborne castle

04 Nov 2009 114
the chapel was on the first floor
sherborne barbican

sherborne barbican

04 Nov 2009 96
sherborne barbican

sherborne barbican

04 Nov 2009 104
long barbican steps cut through the bank, maybe c14
sherborne castle

sherborne castle

04 Nov 2009 89
hedingham great hall

hedingham great hall

04 Nov 2009 122
zigzag encrusts the arches of window bays and fireplaces, and a gallery looks down into the hall in the castle keep of 1140
hedingham gallery

hedingham gallery

04 Nov 2009 139
this gallery runs around the top level of the hall in the keep of 1140, looking down into it, but with no obvious purpose
hedingham castle 1140

hedingham castle 1140

04 Nov 2009 112
an enormous arch divides this floor in half, the hall so created having deep window embrasures and fireplaces decorated with plenty of zigzag.
hedingham castle

hedingham castle

04 Nov 2009 156
internal lobbies , chambers and garderobes were built into the thickness of the massive walls of the keep of 1140
hedingham castle

hedingham castle

04 Nov 2009 153
windows gaining in ornateness with height. mid c12 keep
hedingham castle

hedingham castle

04 Nov 2009 148
built in barnack stone in 1140, and despite a fire 60 years ago, a fairly complete example of a tower keep. only the battlements and fore building are missing.
west malling tower 1090

west malling tower 1090

07 Nov 2009 87
pigeon infested keep maybe built by gundulf , similar to his tower at rochester, and known as st.leonard's tower. built of kentish rag, utilising a natural outcrop of stone that runs as a low cliff here, forming one side of the basement story. lacking excessive fenestration, it can never have been a very comfortable residence.
cardiff animalwall

cardiff animalwall

15 Nov 2009 108
parts of this wall were designed by burges, parts by pullan, and some animals were added far into the c20th
cardiff castle clock tower

cardiff castle clock tower

15 Nov 2009 99
cardiff castle spire

cardiff castle spire

15 Nov 2009 78
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