Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece].
“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition with its rectangular, mullioned windows, was built over earlier walls by the Hungerfords, and to their successors may be attributed the eighteenth-century gate piers.
Like many old manor houses, Sheldons has ceased to be the home of the squire, and has become a farmhouse. In half the [more...] [$]
A window of the gallery in the hall. [$]
Section of the Keep. [$]
A Fireplace.
Showing the short flue leading to a vertical vent in the face of the wall. [$]
Peak Castle, Derbyshire: Plan of the Site.
Peak Castle is today known as Peveril Castle, and is high above the village of Castleton in the Peak District national park. [more...] [$]
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