General Remarks--Hall at Winchester--Reign of Henry III. remarkable for
the Progress of Architecture--Condition of Norman Castles in the
Thirteenth Century--Plan of Manor-houses at this Date--House built for
Edward I. at Woolmer, Hants--Description of House at Toddington, by M.
Paris--Meaning of term _Palatium_--Longthorpe, Stoke-Say Castle--West
Deane, Sussex--Aydon Castle--Little Wenham Hall--Two Halls at
Westminster, temp Henry III.--Temporary Buildings erected at
Westminster for the Coronation of Edward I.--Private Hospitality in
this Century--Kitchens--Wardrobes--Influence of Feudal Manners on
Domestic Architecture--Building Materials--Wood extensively
used--Manor-house of Timber engraved on a Personal Seal--Extensive Use
of Plaster--Roofs of the Thirteenth Century--Windows--Glass and
Glazing--Digression on the History of Glass-making in England--No Glass
made in England until the Fifteenth Century--Wooden Lattices,
Fenestrals, &c.--Fire-places and Chimneys--Mantels--Staircases,
External and Internal--Internal Decoration of
Houses--Wainscote--Polychrome--Artists of the Time of Henry III.; their
Style--Their Names--Spurs, Screens, &c.--Tapestry not used in Private
Dwellings in the Thirteenth Century. Flooring--Tiles--Baths Camerae
Privatae--Conduits and Drains--Houses in Towns--Parisian Houses--Other
Foreign Examples--Furniture--Carpets--General State of England in the
Thirteenth Century--State of Towns--London and Winchester
compared--Travelling--Hackneymen--Inns--State of Trade in
England--Agriculture--Remarks on Horticulture.