hypocausts

I have visions of glass and metal; of hypocausts and indoor gardens.

gillpolack: I have all sorts of exciting things to r gillpolack 2009

When the thermae complex was destroyed by development in 1964, parts of the walls were still standing in situ to a height of up to 13 feet (4 m), hypocausts and mosaic floors were still intact, and large sections of collapsed roofing vaults (barrel-vaulted concrete, estimated to have stood 53 feet above floor level) lay on the floors.

Archive 2009-06-01 Carla 2009

When the thermae complex was destroyed by development in 1964, parts of the walls were still standing in situ to a height of up to 13 feet (4 m), hypocausts and mosaic floors were still intact, and large sections of collapsed roofing vaults (barrel-vaulted concrete, estimated to have stood 53 feet above floor level) lay on the floors.

Chester in the seventh century: surviving infrastructure Carla 2009

I have visions of glass and metal; of hypocausts and indoor gardens.

Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009

For defense, houses had nothing better than charcoal braziers; hypocausts were too expensive for this climate and these straitened times.

There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972

For defense, houses had nothing better than charcoal braziers; hypocausts were too expensive for this climate and these straitened times.

Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970

Their internal fittings -- hypocausts, frescoes, mosaics -- are everywhere Roman; those at Silchester are average specimens, and, except for one mosaic, not individually striking.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Some of the North American tribes also have their hypocausts, or stoves.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

It is true here are no hypocausts, Mosaic pavements, inscriptions, or any other delicate monuments of Roman antiquity, [4] that might corroborate in

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 Various

Indeed, one feels in sympathy with the Isle of Wight farmer who after he had found a Roman villa on his farm gave up the bucolic and inglorious occupation of growing turnips and potatoes, and could talk of nothing meaner than hypocausts and thermae.

A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson