Show FINE OLD ENGLISH DWELLING stokesay Stok esay castle dating from 1291 hat has many unusual attractions for the tourist stokesay Stok esay castle which date dates back to 1291 la is probably one of the finest of 0 all borland england s old dwellings although called a castle this ancient dwelling is 1 really a fortified manor and all of its ancient characteristics bare have been maintained through the last years the great bill which la Is over CO 50 feet long and 30 feet wide Is easily the most striking feature of the old manor house the windows of the castle are all large and the ball hall was thus made a much more pleasant place to lire live in than the majority of houses built in england at that time during the thirteenth century the builders first began to make english dwelling houses pleasant to live in instead of mere places of pheater or defense defenso windows of the kings houses were ordered to b be glazed outside doors to have bavo protecting porches fire places to be built and numerous other houe household hold additions made in some places the windows wore were filled with painted glass and the walls decorated with rare paintings |