Original purposeDefence plus elite residence or governmentPrimarily military defenceCeremonial residence or state complexPrincipal house of a landed estateOfficial home or workplace of an officeholderLater mansion, hotel or civic building using historic imageryDefensive evidenceIntegrated walls, controlled gates and fighting positionsSome real defence, but major domestic characterMostly decorative towers or battlementsNo meaningful defenceSettingStrategic hill, route, border or harbourRoyal or government capitalRural estate and agricultural landscapeUrban mansion, hotel or institutionGenerate interpretationChoose the closest clues, then generate an interpretation.
