Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cotehele and its Italian garden terrace Arms of Edgcumbe, Earls of Mount Edgcumbe: Gules, on a bend ermines cotised or three boar's heads couped argent. Cotehele (Cornish: Kosheyl) [1] is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of Calstock in the east of Cornwall, England, and now belonging to the National Trust.
Fiddleford Manor. Fiddleford Manor (also known as Fiddleford Mill) [1] is a medieval manor house located near Sturminster Newton, Dorset.It is thought to have been originally built around 1370 for William Latimer, the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, after the manor passed to him in 1355. [2]
A double jettied timber-framed building. The ends of the multiple cantilevered joists supporting the upper floors can easily be seen.. Jettying (jetty, jutty, from Old French getee, jette) [1] is a building technique used in medieval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below.
Peasant homes in medieval England were centered around the hearth while some larger homes may have had separate areas for food processing like brewhouses and bakehouses, and storage areas like barns and granaries. There was almost always a fire burning, sometimes left covered at night, because it was easier than relighting the fire.
The Daunts altered the medieval manor house, inserting the ceiling in the great hall (dated 1523) and rebuilding the parlour/ solar block in the west wing (1616). [1] This followed a celebrated law case between the Daunts and John Bridgeman , who had claimed possession in right of his wife, Frances Daunt, following the death of her brother ...
In the 2003 book "England’s Thousand Best Houses", Simon Jenkins awarded Cothay four out of five stars "for its authentic medieval interiors ‘of incomparable value’". [13] In 2008 and 2009, the manor was the subject of a Channel 4 television programme presented by hotelier Ruth Watson as part of her Country House Rescue series. [14]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England.It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block, with a separate kitchen positioned near the house.