BBCNEWS BBC News at One April 1, 2022 12:30:00
Welcome to the smallest room in the tower. this is the guardrobe, to give it its proper name. the toilet, a latrine, built for henry iii. the most extraordinary thing about it, it�*s a flushing toilet. flushed with rain water down this channel, fed by a tank on the roof, apparently predating other flushing toilets by around three centuries. along with the stories contained inside the tower, you can now walk above it. literally one of the best bits. come off the suspended walkway, up original stone stairs, many of which have been restored. these new ones at the top. to bring you onto this inc...