![]() Midland houses are simpler, usually cruck houses where the roof and walls are supported by paired timbers called "cruck blades", but also some box-frame houses (though fewer than other parts of England) and earlier aisled houses. Peasant houses in these areas tend to be of good quality, and scholars believe that they would have belonged to a relatively well to do peasant sub-class. ![]() Homes in Kent, Sussex and East Anglia share some interesting architectural traits observable in the roof structure, beam mouldings, crown posts and bracing patterns. Some common features of medieval peasant homes in Southern England were the open hall and the lack of a chimney or upper floor, evidenced by soot from the central hearth. The norm for peasant homes was customary tenure or copyhold tenure, though the particulars of legal status were often not as important in practice as the agricultural resources made available by the land. Legal instruments įew peasant landholders were free tenants. It is, however, usually not possible to link a specific home with a particular historic holding but some general observations may be possible like the house was part of a yardland farm. Smaller houses of cruck construction found the Midlands are believed to belong to peasants of more modest means. The Wealden buildings in Kent are associated with a rising and prosperous group of yeomen. A Description of England 1577) some time after what is generally considered Medieval. ![]() It is important to remember that glass and lime cement only became available midway through the 1500s (Rev. By the 15th century wealthier sub-classes of peasants were beginning to emerge under the manorial estates in the rural countryside of at least some parts of England, notably in the pastoral areas more than the heavily agrarian areas of the Midlands. The label "peasant" encompasses a wider range of social classes than previously thought. On Instagram I also always post pictures from my castle or other projects.Historians have generally had low opinions of peasant houses describing them as "hardly more than crude huts" and "primitive.for the most part (houses) were small, with one or two rooms for people and animals alike." Historians had long held the view that peasant houses were not built to last and would not last more than a generation but new evidence has proven this false and it is now accepted by historians and archaeologists that "later medieval houses survive in their thousands". If you want to see how I build the castle for real, check out my Youtube channel: Dark Turqouise was only added here because of the inventory-erros. In the instructions, however, they are all Dark Purple. By the way, I made the instructions in a 4k resolution, so the files are also a bit bigger.Ī little hint: The parts that have the colors Dark Purple and Dark Turquoise in the inventory-tab can be replaced by any, because this is my color for non-visible parts. Over time, I will post each of these together 51 modules here and also make a total package for all the baseplates, a package for all the buildings and of course a total package. A staircase in the storeroom then leads to the palace courtyard directly in front of the door to the palace kitchen. From the storage room you can also access the treasure chamber (E3) via a secret door. From this room you have access to the mine, where gold can be mined (F2). After that there is a large storage room (G3 & F3). In the corridor there is another branch that leads to a small antechamber (G2 & F2). ![]() The prison building (H06) is connected to the torture chamber. A side entrance (G1) leads through a corridor (F1) to the torture chamber (E1). ![]() The palace area, the right part of the castle, has a complete basement. Access to the upper floors is through the stair tower (H21) with the adjacent wall (H13). A lounge area and larger sleeping area above. Separated from this ground level floor is the area for the soldiers above. On the other side of the passage is a small horse stabling area with a hayloft above. On the lowest level there is a guardroom with a sleeping area for the guards above. Like the main gatehouse (H14), this gatehouse is large and massive and extends over several floors. The real model houses over 325 minifigures, but I have left them out here. Each building is built separately and all floors are modularly removable and also have an interior. It consists of 28 baseplate modules (A1 - G4) and 23 building modules (H01-H23). The castle was designed to be completely modular. For those who don't know my project: I built a castle with about 113,000 parts, standing on 28 32x32 baseplates. Finally the time has come and I'm putting the instructions for my castle project online. ![]()
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