Garderobes were medieval toilets in large public buildings and castles.
Garderobe - A small latrine or toilet either built into the thickness of the wall or projected out from it; ; projects from the wall as a small, rectangular bartizan ...
Garderobe
- safe store, but more usually a privy, very often to be found in thickness of a castle wall.
Garderobe: latrine
Gate House: the complex of towers, bridges, and barriers built to protect each entrance through a castle or town wall
Hall: principal living quarters of a medieval castle or house ...
Garderobe
latrine; privy, normally set over a stone shaft or drain
Garret ...
Cesspit: The opening in a wall in which the waste from one or more garderobes was collected.
A hipped roof which turns to a gablet at the ridge.GarderobeA medieval privy; usually built into the thickness of an external wall.GargoyleProjecting water spout often carved into human or animal shape.Gauged brickwork ...
A very similar construction was used as a latrine and was usually suspended of the moat, and was known as a garderobe.
 See also: Medieval, Castle, Gallery, Arches, Chapel
  
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