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MEDIEVAL CASTLES AND HOUSES
MEDIEVAL LONDON BRIDGE, BRITAIN, 1176 (WITH 14TH-CENTURY
BATTLEMENTED BUILDING, NONESUCH HOUSE, AND TWO-TOWERED GATE)
Gate-house Battlemented building Chapel pier Railing Onion-shaped dome Pitched roof
Shaped gable Crypt of
Nonesuch Becket Starling Two-towered gate Oriel window
Timber framing with House Chapel
ornamental woodwork Pier Pointed Gothic stone arch Timber framing
DONJON, COUCY-LE-CHATEAU, AISNE, FRANCE, 1225-1245
Cornice Pointed Round Parapet
arch Loophole arch
Passageway
Gallery
Pointed arch
Inner hall
Tribune
(elevated platform) Dodecahedral
second floor
Springing point
of rib vault
Projecting rectangular pier
Engaged colonette
Window opening
Chimney shaft
Dodecahedral
Rectangular opening first floor
Fireplace
Archivolt decorated with
torus and fascia Embrasure
Bridge to Steps
castle entrance
Dodecahedral
Mezzanine ground floor
(entresol) housing
drawbridge windlass
Entrance
Moat
Passageway inside structure Four-centered Corbel with Capital String Ruin of segmental
of outer wall relieving arch Niche sculptural course ramp leading to
decoration chemise (jacket wall)
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