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GATEHOUSE . In the second See also:half of the 16th See also:century in See also:England the entrance gateway, which formed See also:part of the See also:principal front of the earlier feudal castles, became a detached feature attached to the mansions only by a See also:wall enclosing the entrance See also:court. The gatehouse then constituted a structure of some importance, and included sometimes many rooms as at Stanway See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Gloucestershire, where it See also:measures 44 ft. by 22 ft. and has three storeys; at Westwood, See also:Worcestershire, it had a frontage of 54 it. with two storeys; and at See also:Burton See also:Agnes, See also:Yorkshire, it was still larger and was flanked by See also:great octagonal towers at the angles and had three storeys. At a later See also:period smaller See also:accommodation was provided so that it virtually became a See also:lodge, but being designed to harmonize with the See also:mansion it presented sometimes a monumental structure. On the See also:continent of See also:Europe the gatehouse forms a much more important See also:building, as it formed part of the See also:town fortifications, where it sometimes defended the passage of a See also:bridge across the stream. or See also:moat. There are numerous examples in See also:France and See also:Germany.
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