Architecture (217 pages found in this category)


Churche’s Mansion

Timber-framed, black-and-white Elizabethan mansion house in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, one of the very few buildings to have survived the Great Fire of Nantwich in 1583.

Cist

Prehistoric stone-built chamber used to contain the bodies of the dead.

Claughton Hall

Large Grade I listed country house in the English village of Claughton, Lancashire.

Cloister

Covered walkway usually set out in the form of a square.

Cockersand Abbey

Founded as a hermitage before 1184, the remains of which are now a scheduled monument.

Corbel

Structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent load.

Crimonmogate

Estate near Crimond, Aberdeenshire, dating back to the 14th century

Cupola

Small dome on top of a roof or other high structure.

Damhouse

Grade II* listed building in Tyldesley but considered to be in Astley, Greater Manchester, England. It has served as a manor house, sanatorium, and, since restoration in 2000, houses offices, a clinic and tearooms.

Denbies

Large estate to the northwest of Dorking in Surrey, England. A farmhouse and surrounding land originally owned by John Denby was purchased in 1734 by Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens in London, and converted into a weekend retreat.