. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. rizontal course was pierced for the purpose of enabling the b**-sieged to drop missilesor molten metal on the heads of the assailants. The corbel is often carved with the headof a giant or monster, which thus seems attached to the walls. In John of Gaunts entrancegateway at Lancaster, the arch is defended by overhanging corbels with pierced aperturesbetween them, and on either side are two light watch-towers crested witli battlements. 418. Of the mi
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. rizontal course was pierced for the purpose of enabling the b**-sieged to drop missilesor molten metal on the heads of the assailants. The corbel is often carved with the headof a giant or monster, which thus seems attached to the walls. In John of Gaunts entrancegateway at Lancaster, the arch is defended by overhanging corbels with pierced aperturesbetween them, and on either side are two light watch-towers crested witli battlements. 418. Of the military arcliitecture of this time, a perfect idea may be obtained fromthe two remarkal)le tcnvers of Warwick Castle {_Jig. 197.), which were erected (in1395) by Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, llie taller one rises 105 ft. aboveits base, and is :5S ft. diameter, having five stories, which are separated from eacli otherbv groined ceilings. In tiie interior, the walls of tiie state cliami)ers were painted ; a introduced into Enghiiul in the beginning of the thirteenth century ; and they were IIISTOKV OF AIICIIITECTUUE. Look sometimes lined with wain-scot of curious carved hois-serie on the panels, became moreadorned, and were hungwith tapestry. At War-wick was a memorable suitof arras whereon were re-presented the acliievementsof the famous Guy Earl ofWarwick. 41 9. The period of wliichwe are treating was as ce-lebrated for its bridge asfor its military architecture,^*- WARWICK CASTLE. ^^^^ cxliibits 38 one of its examples that famed curiosity the triangularly formed bridge of Croyland in Lincolnshire,erected over the confluence of three streams. Bridge architecture was in many instances so necessarily connected with the construction ofa fortress, that it may almost, in this age, be takenas a branch of military architecture. 420. This style exhibits Arches, less acute andmore open {Jig. 19B, from York IMinster), theforms varying. Columns. —
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