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<p>[QUOTE="BoudiccaJones, post: 2046793, member: 5592"]Last word on subject: I have five sons and had to engage their att'n ... they loved the trail of slimy pooey marks on the outer walls.</p><p>Copy & paste with link </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire: The toilet tower</b></font></p><p>My home county <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/goodrich-castle/?utm_source=eh_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=historyuncovered&utm_term=top10toilets&utm_content=top10toilets_goodrich" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/goodrich-castle/?utm_source=eh_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=historyuncovered&utm_term=top10toilets&utm_content=top10toilets_goodrich" rel="nofollow">has a rather posh and well known one too.</a> ( LINK HERE) there’s a whole tower dedicated to doing your business. The garderobe tower was built in the later Middle Ages to replace a small single latrine, and the survival of such as large example is extremely rare in England in Wales. The loos could be accessed from the courtyard from one of three doors, leading to the ‘cubicles’. There might have been more than one seat in each chamber.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=goodrich+castle+garderobe&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB860GB860&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk00wMV7Yx5eCVlU1VxvoIqLzWIHfuA:1588228632592&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3zt7bxI_pAhVYURUIHXf-D8EQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1360&bih=625" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=goodrich+castle+garderobe&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB860GB860&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk00wMV7Yx5eCVlU1VxvoIqLzWIHfuA:1588228632592&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3zt7bxI_pAhVYURUIHXf-D8EQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1360&bih=625" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=goodrich+castle+garderobe&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB860GB860&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk00wMV7Yx5eCVlU1VxvoIqLzWIHfuA:1588228632592&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3zt7bxI_pAhVYURUIHXf-D8EQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1360&bih=625</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BoudiccaJones, post: 2046793, member: 5592"]Last word on subject: I have five sons and had to engage their att'n ... they loved the trail of slimy pooey marks on the outer walls. Copy & paste with link [SIZE=5][B]Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire: The toilet tower[/B][/SIZE] My home county [URL='http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/goodrich-castle/?utm_source=eh_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=historyuncovered&utm_term=top10toilets&utm_content=top10toilets_goodrich']has a rather posh and well known one too.[/URL] ( LINK HERE) there’s a whole tower dedicated to doing your business. The garderobe tower was built in the later Middle Ages to replace a small single latrine, and the survival of such as large example is extremely rare in England in Wales. The loos could be accessed from the courtyard from one of three doors, leading to the ‘cubicles’. There might have been more than one seat in each chamber. [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=goodrich+castle+garderobe&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB860GB860&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk00wMV7Yx5eCVlU1VxvoIqLzWIHfuA:1588228632592&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3zt7bxI_pAhVYURUIHXf-D8EQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1360&bih=625[/URL][/QUOTE]
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