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Show FUME OLD ENGLISH DWELLING Stokesay Castle, Dating From 1291, Has Many Unusual Attractions for the Tourist. Stokesay castle, which dates back to 1291, Is probably one of the finest of all England's old dwellings. Although called a castle, this ancient dwelling is really a fortified manor, and all of its ancient characteristics have been maintained through the last 500 years. The great hall, which Is over 50 feet long and 30 feet wide, is easily Ihe most striking feature of the old manor house. The windows of the castle are all large, and the hall was (bus made a much more pleasant place to 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 shelter or defense. Windows of the king's houses were ordered to be glazed, outside doors to have protecting porches, fireplaces fire-places to be built, and numerous other household additions made. In some places the windows were filled with painted glass and the walls decorated with rare paintings. |