Corduroy Castles,” of course, is a nod to the parallel ridges of its walls that remain a staple of the still-nascent ...

Learn how architects utilize material authenticity to reduce waste and enhance the character of contemporary spaces.

Closer's senior writer selects 14 best cottage holidays in the UK for a relaxing staycation, from Yorkshire to the Cotswolds. Read more at Closer.

Hidden town one hour from London with beautiful countryside, a castle and a lido The West Sussex village is home to one of the UK's oldest inhabited castles and can be surprisingly lively in the ...

Life & Luxury; Travel; Stay and play golf at this European castle on an island. Hotel Grad Otočec, housed in a medieval barbican, has a Michelin-recommended restaurant and walls that could talk.

The stone castle included a keep, curtain wall and other buildings. The keep was circular with four towers, each four storeys high; two of them formed a gatehouse.

In most medieval castles, almost all of the staircases were constructed clockwise. However, this was no coincidence, but as a form of defense. The reason for this is that if an enemy were to attack, ...

Named Heaven Lea Estate, the six-bedroom house at 1271 Axe Creek Rd, Sedgwick, has a $1.35m-$1.45m asking price — affordable by the standards of many Melbourne suburbs. Built from fire-resistant ...

This is Epic History's 3D guide to building the perfect castle, based on the development of European medieval castles over 400 years of history. We trace the origins of the castle in the feudal ...

Cinderella, eat your heart out! This Kansas castle proves you don’t need a fairy godmother to experience royal living. Photo Credit: Derrick Rieke Hold onto your wizard hats, folks, because we’re ...

She argues in her monumental new book Islamesque (2024) that in early medieval ... Castle Rising (1138) in Norfolk is “modelled on Islamic pleasure palaces-cum-hunting lodges”. The keep ...