UK CROFTS, COTTAGES, HALLS .... AND OLD FORTS of the US

From Sheffield Today, 27th April 2006 Park castle to get £3m renovation ONE of Rotherham's best known landmarks could be renovated at a cost of more than £3 million. Boston Castle - a former shooting lodge built in 1776 - is one of Rotherham's highest points and has panoramic views across the Don Valley. But it has become a target for vandals and thieves - and has been alight on a number of occasions. Now Rotherham Council is planning to submit a bid to the National Lottery for part of the £3 million funding to carry out a major restoration project. But to get Lottery approval the council must come up with at least a quarter of the cost. The council will contri…

I came across a reference to this place for the first time today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Castle A print of Bruce Castle, 1815. (courtesy of www.antiqueprints.com)

These pictures (recent additions) are for Garen Ewing, recent addition to Castle Quest on COTW, and expert on this place.

Information and more images to follow

This used to be the City Hall of Springfield, but now houses a museum. This is the South view. West view...

Just curious as to if anyone had seen anything about the Daleshire project in Arkansas? It doesn't really fit into the Castle projects, but figured it might fit in a bit better here. They have a yahoogroups site dedicated to this project too. I really didn't post this as a bashing topic either (LOL), but rather to see other projects in the works. Read a few of the back posts, and you will see what I am talking about. Daleshire Village Project Daleshire on Yahoo Groups

More on this adobe fort and the stone castle/fort that replaced it to be posted soon, stay tuned folks

The English Medieval House by MArgaret Wood harper colophon books

The fixing of the date of the Lady's Chapel is one of many items of importance concerning this Cathedral and in doing so it will demonstrate the use of glass in windows early in the middle ages. Some of the evidence we have from extant records show that the first Chapel was in existence in the middle 1100's with the fabric of the rest of the site going through many building operations and was finely finished a few years before 1326. Window on Chapter House steps scale: 1/4 inch = 1 foot. Chapter House Window Window in Lady's Chapel Window in West Bay and 4th Bay. Also; West in South Choir Aisle, 4th Bay from West in North Choir A…