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 Of tJic Edzvardian Concentric Castles. 1C3 In an Edwardian castle the principal feature was the hall, spacious, well lighted, usually with a handsome fireplace and an open timber roof At Beaumaris it occupies the first floor of a gatehouse ; at Ludlow, Durham, Pembroke, and Conway it is built against the curtain. The domestic apartments opened from the dais end of the hall. The accounts of Henry III. often record works in the halls of castles. M 2