Castles in the United States
During America's Gilded Age, wealthy industrialists built lavish homes which are often called "castles." Here are facts and photos.
Boldt Castle in the Thousand Islands ...
castled - having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
castellated, embattled, battlemented
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" ...
Castle Terminology
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Below you will find short definitions for many of the terms associated with medieval castles. The list is by no means complete, and certain minor terms have been omitted.
castle with two or more rings of defences, one inside the other
Constable
official in charge of castle in owner's absence ...
Castle Glossary
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Glossary of Castle Terms
Abacus - Flat portion on top of a capital.
Aisle - Space between arcade and outer wall.
The Glossary of Castle's terms
Aisle - space between arcade and outer wall.
Allure - also known as the wall walk, it is the path running behind the parapet at the top of a wall or tower.
Ambulatory - aisle round an apse.
castle : Originally, a castle was a fortress built to protect strategic locations from enemy attack or to serve as a military base for invading armies. The earliest castles in Europe were constructed of earthwork and timber.
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Castle Leod, Ross and Cromerty. Tower 1530 onwards, extentions 1845-1910. Note bartizans and machicolation on the tower.
Bartizan detail
Machicolation detail ...
Castle courtyard and surrounding buildings.
balcony
A platform projecting from a wall, enclosed by a railing or balustrade, supported on brackets or cantilevered out.
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Arrow slit
Murder-hole
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René Chartrand (March 20, 2005) French Fortresses in North America 1535-1763: Québec, Montréal, Louisbourg and New Orleans (Fortress 27); Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781841767147 ...
Castle Kilbride is an extravagant and boastful Villa in the middle of Mennonite country. It was built in 1877 by James Livingston, an entrepreneur who made his fortune as a paint manufacturer.
Castles on the Web Glossary of castle terms
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Castle: A fortified building or set of fortified buildings used to provide both active and passive defence, as well as a residence for the castles lord and household. See fortification, keep, tower. (L. castrum, fortress).
Such castle-like houses are usually replete with elaborate masonry decoration, circular towers, and turrets. In their era, they were potent symbols of America's expanding economic and cultural horizons...
This castle is also a great example of what a turret (from Italian: torretta, little tower; Latin: turris, tower) is. These are the circular semi-towers on the corners that do not go to the ground.
Barnard Castle
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The prevailing styles of French architecture for most of the 17th and 18th centuries (Louis XIV, king 1643-1715, Louis XV, 1715-74, Louis XVI, 1774-92).
Embrasure castle
Embrasure - A recess for a windows, door, etc., or a small opening in the wall or parapet of a fortified building, usually splayed on the inside.
French word for a castle or large country house.
Chattra
a royal parasol crowning the dome anda of a Buddhist stupa, symbolically honoring the Buddha.
Generally Crusader castles were a developed form of European fortification with additional features learnt from Byzantine and Islamic military technology.
Curtain Wall
In castles or other fortifications, the surrounding fortified walls. Also any large stretch of wall that is not load bearing.
Cushion, Block, or Cubic Capital
A simple cube-like capital with the bottom corners tapered.
Fifeville-Castle Hill Historic District, c. , (Historic), Charlottesville City, Independent Cities VA
Fordhook Farm, c. , (Historic), Doylestown Twp, Bucks County PA
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baghBagh is the Persian word for 'garden' baileyA Bailey is the open area of a fortified castle. Some of the space was used for castle gardens during the middle ages.
Rule of the greater part of Jerusalem, all of Bethany and the castle of Magdala, whence her surname, is known to have pertained to her family.
Gothic church with "castled" tower, or "battlements," and hints of pointed-arch windows.
8. Charlotte, NC.
9. Flatville, IL. German Lutheran Church.
10, 11. Woodstock, CT. Bowen House, c.1846. Referred to locally as the "Pink House".
Castle - Fortified house or fortress.
Cement - Anything that makes two bodies stick together, mortar, a bond of union.
Cemetery - A burying ground.
Centering - Wooden frame supporting an arch or dome during construction.
At Rochester Castle (1130) and Heddington, Essex, there were no external chimney shafts, and the flue was carried through the wall at some height above the fireplace.
It was used principally in castles, churches, and abbeys of massive proportions. Sparsely decorated masonry and the use of the round arch are characteristic. Back to Top
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The heart of medieval castles, keeps were the last refuge if the castle was being defended from attack. They were also the area accommodating the lord, his family and close supporters.
In England and France the austere castles of the 12th and 13th centuries had been little affected by the ecclesiastical architecture.
late 13th-early 14th century View of site Building: Yedikule Fortress (Castle of the Seven Towers)
Date: Begun 4th century Exterior view
View from tower Buildings: Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmet ...
It is believed that the Italian architect Domenico da Cortona designed the extraordinary Château de Chambord that Francis I built (1519-1547) in the Loire Valley, which has the outward characteristics of a medieval castle.
barbican: a small structure outside a castle that provides the first line of defence.
bargeboard: a wooden board in front of the edge of the roofing material at the end of a gable and often carved to decorative effect.
A form of indented parapet around the top of castles and towers which may either be defensive or decorative.
CRENELLATED Having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement on a castle. The parapets at the top of the towers of the Churches of St Katherine, Teversal; the two St. Mary Magdalene churches; St. Helen's Church, Selston; and St.
MACHICOLATION Part of a defence system a castle, in particular a projecting parapet with openings in the floor between corbels.
MANSARD ROOF A roof with a double slope " the lower is longer and sleeper.
Aumbry - A recess to hold sacred vessels, often found in castle chapels.
Awning Window - A window hinged along the top edge.
Turret
A small tower, usually starting at some distance from the ground, attached to a building such as a castle or fortress.
Tuscan Order
A Roman order resembling the Doric, but with a base and an unfluted shaft.
A grating dropped vertically from grooves to block passage or gate in castle; of wood, metal or a combination of the two.
newel - the supporting upright pillar around which winding steps, or winders, are supported; typically found in cathedral and castle architecture of the Middle Ages.
niche (Fr. a nest) - a recess in a wall for the reception of a statue.
battlements - slotted or alternating solid and open parapet that originally appeared on castles and other ancient fortified buildings.
Chapel
1) A separate space within a church containing its own altar.
2) Place of worship, either a separate building or incorporated within another structure such as a house or castle, below the rank of a parish church.
3) Place of nonconformist ...
Bricks were not used widely for some reason, but can be found in cathedrals only in northern and eastern Germany and southern France. These countries also used bricks to make their churches, castles, and palaces.
turret - a small slender tower usually at the corner of a building, often containing a circular stair. The Queen Anne style employs the turret as one of its primary characteristics and is derived from medieval castle construction.
would tend to buckle the walls outward and large piles of stone would be stacked along the wall in intervals to buttress (or support) the walls from pushing outward - these piles of stones became included in designs of structures, such as castles and ...
and Flanders the Flamboyant style is peculiarly the product of the individualistic architect and the purveyor of artistic luxuries, and during the entire period the best and most significant work is to be sought amongst guild-halls, palaces, castles, ...
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