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Topic: plans for buiding a castle home
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matthewburton
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posted 03-23-2001 12:04 PM
 
I am interested in building a home designed like a castle. I am having trouble finding information regarding architecture. Can anyone give me some websites or other resources? |
wurdsmiff
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posted 03-23-2001 03:19 PM
You will find some plans and drawings on my web site linked below. there are also plans on Philip's site, and Levan's.
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/members/philipdavis/index.html http://fp.kirkburn.f9.co.uk/castlelevan/ though I'm not sure if any of these are what you're looking for.
For architectural detail, there is a selection of photographs in the Photo Archive linked at the bottom of the page, search the miscellaneous category. There are also a small number of floorplans available in the Photo Archive, under their own category.
The following site gives drawings of various items of military architecture,
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/drawings.html Hope all this is useful. ------------------
Demeure par la verite
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www.castlesontheweb.com/members/wurdsmiff/castles.htm Gordon.
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duncan
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posted 03-23-2001 06:01 PM
If you can give examples of what you might be looking for,say an arched window, crowstepped gable, or an item of the interior maybe we can be of even more assistence.
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Megan and Ralph
CASTLE DUNCAN
If you have built castles
in the air your work need
not be lost; that is where
they should be. Now put
foundations under them.
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matthewburton
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posted 03-27-2001 09:34 PM
Thankyou for the links. They were most helpful. I guess I would like more information on drawbridges and how I could incorporate it into a modern home. I had toy-ed with the idea of having a working drawbridge as a garage door. |
Philip Davis
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posted 03-28-2001 12:20 AM
A while ago I did an extensive search of the web for detailed illustrations of the working of a drawbridge and found nothing. It may be there is something now but in the end I sure you'll end up wanting a bit more detail. I'd recommend Sidney Toy's Castles Their Construction and History still in print and easy to get. Most drawbridges need a fair amount of space above and behind them to work properly so unless you've a particularly large garage you might find this difficult.------------------
And the astronomyours beheldyne the constellacions of hys bryth by thare castle, and foundyn that he sholde bene wyse and curteyse, good of consaill
Secreta Secretorum Visit Castellarium Philippis
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duncan
Senior Member
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posted 03-28-2001 05:52 AM
A very well illustrated and 'simple' draw brige can be found on page 219 ofMarten Coventry's Castles of Scotland
Third Edition Deluxe
published by Goblinshead
isbn 1-899874-27-5 The picture is of Fort George's water crossing. A simple Cross bar on two uprights with levers hinged on the bar and counter weighted to the back side.
I beleave this design could be incorperated in an allready existing house with no real problems and the cost of the materal would be low.
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