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A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages. It continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, al
The Great Hall in Barley Hall, York, restored in the late 1980s to replicate its appearance in around 1483
Great Hall at Stokesay Castle
The Great Hall at Stirling Castle built for James IV. The larger windows lit the high table
The Ridderzaal in The Hague is the main building of the 13th-century inner square of the former castle of the counts of Holland called Binnenhof
Winchester Castle
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Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror. It served as a seat of royal power in the medieval period. Much of the castle has s
Great hall
…Where large halls survived, it was usually due to continuing institutional use, especially as a courtroom. This change of use preserved the halls of Winchester, Oakham and Leicester Castles. Other halls, like that at Eltham Palace, remained standing in a neglected state as barns. There was a revival of the…
The Great Hall, built by Henry III
An armorial window in the Great Hall
A detail of the stained glass window on the west wall of the Great Hall. The central figure is assumed to be King Arthur holding his sword Excalibur.
Castle Avenue towards the Keep