Although split-level townhouses have proved elusive on the continent, examples are known in the Zähringen towns of modern Switzerland: several of these towns have also developed elevated walkways. There can be little doubt that the split-level townhouse and its variants were the result of commercial pressure, and an insatiable demand, not found again after the early to mid fourteenth century, for numerous small-scale retail units and undercrofts.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:239348 |
Date | January 1994 |
Creators | Harris, Roland Benedict |
Publisher | University of Oxford |
Source Sets | Ethos UK |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Source | http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:edbe4dc8-fc54-42f4-9db0-6b7d5c468795 |
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