Was there really a market, even in Sri Lanka, for a genuine, galleried, verandahed and slightly dog-eared, colonial hotel? |
Shafts that provide access to a series of galleries that follow seams of material underground are known as galleried shaft mines. |
The device is heraldic again, but it also protects the galleried space from excessive insolation. |
The galleried inn-yards, and among them that at which the Pilgrims sojourned on their road to Canterbury, are among them. |
The galleried landing, decorated with a dado rail and cornice, is lit by a rooflight. |
A few months ago, I stood on the galleried balcony of the town hall, listening to the mayor enthuse about the place he loved. |