So with an abbey or priory, as in that was their former function before they became a private residence. A park had a park, a hall was originally a hall in the medieval sense, the nerve centre of a manor, and of course a manor was a medieval manor. A court I think would be so named because one was established there, i. Over the years though it seems folk have just gawn with the flow. I doubt anyone will prosecute you for naming your house above your station.
Technically there are four elements, all of which are necessary make a building officially be classified as a Castle. A wall surrounding it. A gate that is fully operational. A guardhouse. A courtyard. The posts in order of reply. Well Ms K, of church houses, Abbey and Priory, Abbey definitely rings better, Castle is good, but Court and Hall smack of trying too hard to claim a mediaeval origin and should in most circumstances be avoided.
House is superbly unassuming and hard to fault, save for false modesty Manor has the faults of Court and Hall, but bespeaks something less of a house — even a parish may have three or four manors in it.
Mansion is dreadful, we should not speak of it. Palace is for princes and bishops and has no part in any other place. Such was the hall in which the 8th century hero Beowulf wrestled with the monster Grendel. But over the course of the Middle Ages everyone, who had the means to, left the hall for more comfortable apartments of their own. As early as the 14th century this exodus was lamented as being socially divisive and, in one sense, it left the hall redundant.
But because the household actually remained as important as ever, the great hall did not disappear in consequence. Instead it became an architectural symbol of the household and a ceremonial focus for its daily life, particularly meals. There is considerable variation in the form of great halls both geographically and over time.
The hall was, however, always the largest chamber within a house. In deference to a tradition stretching back to the Anglo-Saxon period, it was also invariably roofed in timber, never vaulted in stone like a church. It is by far the largest great hall ever constructed in England and remains - along with the principal London railway stations - one of the largest public interiors in the capital.
The hall was built by William Rufus between as part of the royal Palace of Westminster. Contemporaries marvelled at the scale of the new building, which later served as the setting for coronation feasts and as the seat of royal government. It was here that the king's principal throne of marble - the symbol of his power - stood, and where the chief courts of law came to transact their business.
Under the direction of the Master Mason Henry Yevele, the walls of William Rufus' building were given new windows and decorated with a heavy cornice studded with heraldic beasts, all of which were turned to face the site of the king's throne.
This stood in the area of the modern flight of steps. Presiding in wall niches over the royal dais are statues of Richard's kingly predecessors. The large blank areas of wall on the interior would have been decorated with tapestries on special occasions. In the tradition of great hall architecture the king's Master Carpenter, Hugh Herland, erected an open timber roof over Richard's new hall. The origin of the Park was often the park itself, usually an exceptional plot of land which suited the addition of what was usually a home of magnificent or stately size.
Often the original Park was owned by royalty or a feudal landlord, and it would have been where they went to hunt deer to feed his household. Park houses often still retain a stock of deer as a nod to the past, with many herds believed to be made up from from the original lineage. They often had palatial proportions, arched windows and sometimes towers with gently sloping roofs.
A Dower House was one which was almost always built for a widow, usually on the estate of the man to whom she was once married. Dower Houses were usually quite large. Email newprojects artichoke. English UK. Question about English UK. What is the difference between hall and hallway? Feel free to just provide example sentences. Report copyright infringement. The owner of it will not be notified. Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer.
Featured answer. GemaC A hall or hallway is the room just inside the main entrance to a house, apartment or other building that leads to other rooms and usually to the stairs. See a translation.
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