A Look Inside The House At Walderton From Medieval To 19th Century
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2018
- A look around the 'House at Walderton' at the Weald and Downland Living Museum.
In 1979 this building was about to be demolished when it was offered to the Museum. One half had been empty and derelict since about 1930 and its flint walls had partly collapsed. As an exhibit it has provided an opportunity to demonstrate the development of a house from Medieval times, and specifically the radical differences between 15th and 17th century living conditions. Two rooms have been furnished with replica items based on an inventory of 1634 of the ‘goodes and chattles’ of John Catchlove, who was the occupier of the house at that time.
Here is a link to more information on this house, courtesy of the Weald and Downland Living Museum.
www.wealddown.co.uk/explore/bu... - Навчання та стиль
Would love to go back in time and see that place being lived in. Looked quite nice for the time.
DocHayes it’s not the actual thing dumbo, it’s an replica 🤦🏻
@Ice wallow ce min: Please follow the link and read the article that Harry provides. You will see that it is not a "Replica".
Quote from the Article: "The dismantling and reconstruction of the house was the subject of a BBC Chronicle programme transmitted in March 1982".
Ou Lnt green with you more!
wrong, dumbo
The stories of the ppl who lived there
I love how the front door faces a wall, so that when it was opened in rainy or very cold weather, a gust of wind wouldn’t affect the fire in the living room at all, or in the kitchen, either. Perhaps people living in the house had draperies hung in each entry point to really shelter the rooms and fires. Beautiful house!
I hadn't noticed that but what a sensible construction! This house was very well built!
Oh this is fantastic, love to see history like this still standing and protected.
The house and its surrounding environment just beautifully fits together
A lovely trip back in time. I appreciate that these treasures are preserved.
The rent thing reminded me of something: I have a document describing a house and a bit of land in Cumberland that was owned by an ancestor of mine in the late 17th century, and he had to pay "The Anuall and Yearly Rent of one Peny Freehold rent, to be paid yearly and every yeare at or upon the Feast of St Michael the Arch Angell."
My family are McIntyre from Glen Noe, our rent was a ball of snow and white cattle from the mountain Ben Cruachan. Its interesting that although we migrated to New Zealand 5 generations ago. We also still have tight contacts with the family that remained there and they have their land back
Harry mate I love these little talking tours you do of old interesting stuff. That oak work is gorgeous
I’m dog sitting in my daughters house. And looks like an ordinary house but the window depths are enormous. It sits unremarkable in an ordinary road. No one seems to be aware that it is actually 350 years old. It is now two houses, both extended. But originally was one house- a converted piggery owned by lord Tredegar. Fascinating.
Wow - sounds good.
Thank you for taking us along to see this beautiful cottage. I found the branch lathwork to be particularly interesting. I’ve only ever seen milled lath. Beautiful furniture as well. I had paused the video to read the history of the tenants and came to have the same reaction you did shortly after I unpaused about the cost of rent. I had a good laugh about that. I would gladly trade 6 days hard work and two chickens for a year!! I’ve also never seen a brick interior floor before. Very interesting and I would imagine at the time, quite the posh upgrade from dirt flooring!!
You can visit Walderton village as there is a pub called The Barley Mow which we always frequent after a good walk in the countryside
Harry, Thanks for taking the time to take us back in time. Fascinating to see how our ancestors lived or maybe survived is a better word.
Thanks Dick.
@@harryrogers lol that name is a torture name
"It is lovely seeing these buildings being kept." I AGREE! And THANK YOU for bringing this one to a wider audience in the USA.
Fantastically interresting. And what a Godsent that it was decided to save and restore the house ! thanks much for the visit.
That thatched roof is amazing, a glimpse even to a time before this house.
Thank you so much, Mr. Rogers. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your videos and this give us a texture of these historic homes that is very difficult to garner from photos--when you can find them. I never tire of early vernacular architecture and your videos are a real help in our study of American material. Many thanks, indeed!
Thanks Dale.
When stationed in England, I loved walking old streets in small villages. Even main roads had narrow roads and parked cars. I only broke the mirror once, and it was from a bird while driving through Thetford Forrest
...GO... UP... THE LADDER...
🤣🤣 The frustrations of a vicarious youtube adventurer. 🤣🤣 Thanks for the tour!!
Just awesome, beautiful and cozy place to stay in..
Wonderful tour! Thank you for sharing this. I really enjoyed seeing all the little craftsmanship elements up close. My son is a blacksmith, so we really enjoyed seeing the ironwork. Please make more like this!!!! Thanks again 🙏🙏🙏
I love when you show us these beautiful houses. Thank you!
Lovely tour, Harry. Thank you! I'd love to see you and the bodgers make one of those barrel chairs.
Beautiful old home. Picturing the times is a joy.
Fascinating little house! I'd love to visit it for real and soak up the atmosphere.
Thanks for sharing. It's a lovely museum that could do with a good polishing. The garden is cute.
I love your vids Harry!! I’m a young inspiring leather worker myself. I’m 34 so I guess not so young anymore. I live in the states. I’m really jealous of the culture the old Country provides. I appreciate your knowledge keep it up!!
Thanks
Thanks Harry. Your historic structures walking tours are a real delight. I feel like I am right there with you.
Cheers,
Michael O’Brien
USA
Thanks Michael that's great to hear.
My dream house. Ancient time gears, going through history. Nice video Sir.
Love old buildings
Still in today i can spent my whole life living in this AMAZING house.
Super interesting video! 😜👍
Old crafts and old buildings - my favorite subjects
😁Thomas (Donkey) Mills was one of my Great Grand fathers. There is a great photo of him and his donkey in one of the newspapers from that era. 💚
Excellent video! What an interesting house, what a treasure!
I know this is an old video but I just came across this and I have to say that what caught my eye was that the thatch needed some urgent work on this house, to make sure it didn’t start leaking which would be a real pity.
I really enjoy these videos, thank you. I'm approaching my 40s are remember visiting a place just like this when I was very young in junior school. It must have been the Weald and Downland, as we lived around Sussex/Surrey/Kent.
another wonderful video ! maybe some day i'll be able to see it in person, for now it's great seeing it thru your eyes harry . Thanks again !!
Harry, this was Lovley. Thankyou
liked it very much,I really love historical places
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Thank you for the nice tour. You pointed out so many little details I would've missed had I been there myself.
The only problem that I see with the fireplaces would be that the supply of combustion air. If one cubic foot of air went up the chimney after combustion to carry the smoke away 1 foot of fresh air would enter the building, not a problem in the summer but certainly in the winter the only warm area in that building would be around the masses of the fireplaces.
The important thing to remember is that the combustion air if supplied from outdoors via a tube or tunnel of some type would be better than taking the air from in the structure. Remember the air for combustion now comes from inside the structure and goes up the chimney as hot smoke. Better than freezing though.
Another phenomenal video showcasing absolutely beautiful historic buildings. I wonder if the ceiling heights are so low because back in the 14/15th century people were smaller in stature or because lower ceiling room heights were easier to keep warm?
About the rent: I’m wondering if the six days of harvest work meant handing over that much of what was harvested, which would mean that they were paying quite a bit when you consider how much work had to be put in all year for that, let alone how labour-intensive harvest work was specifically. And livestock was relatively valuable for people under those circumstances. I’d be curious to know what the taxes were like too.
Hi Harry, thank you for this lovely tour!
Thanks for the tour Harry... another fine video.... from across the pond.... John...
Love historical old buildings.
Nice walk around Harry, thank you.
Thank you for this video to which I am now subscribed. I appreciated the camera scanning the information about the property, which I paused and read each word. I look forward to more of yesteryear.
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed the video!
Great little video. Thank you. You've inspired me to visit the Downland Living Museum which I'd never heard of before. Mind you, I live in Warwickshire and Avoncroft is nearby.
I could make a lifetime worth of arrowheads from the flint in those walls! Quality flint is hard to come by in the US, every now and then we can buy some good English flint from our rock dealers, cool to see its so common that you guys can build houses with it.
Thanks Shane..that's interesting.
Go to flint ridge, east of Columbus Ohio. Lifetime supply guaranteed.
Wow..this is great. Thank you for so many interesting videos. (I love the furniture too💙)
I'm so glad you film these old houses. Thank you.
Harry, did your folks use red wax floor polish on the brick floor? I vaguely recall my mom polishing the front porch with a red polish and an electric floor polisher.
Cheers, Frank.
Yes...the brand in the UK we used was Cardinal....and it really was Cardinal red in colour.
The bird song is terrific. You must have been up early!
Yes I was quite early before the visitor rush!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice house ! Good walkthrough
Very informative 👏🏻 thanks 😊
Love from India.... Nice
Wow I liked this video very much, I would love to see more content like this from your channel
Thanks very much
Nice video , Harry!
Very cool!! Thank you!! 👍
Beautiful house. Interesting the way to make it.
The garden is self sufficient for the family. 😊
That was a good video. I enjoyed it immensely.
Thanks Brian
Thank you, it is very interesting!
Lovely!
Would love to live in a house like that
Wonder about the people who lived here? I’m from Southwest Florida. It’s ALL new here, there’s nothing of any age. The Edison/Ford homes are about as close as we get to history down here. Old buildings fascinate me so much because it’s almost peculiar for me. I wonder if people who live near all of this history realize how fortunate they are.
Thanks Crystal...I have 3 or more house videos from this site. All the best Harry
What a beautiful house!
Very fond of these videos. I am fascinated by the period furniture. Any idea if drawings exist for any of them?
I would love to live like this or nearly with little adjustments... thx for sharing
Very interesting good work ☺
Thank you
just beautiful
Simple, solid, design, nice, and still there. It seems we can still come here and live here, again. It is ready. Well, in case we have no electricity anymore, no gas, and no water. Only....
great video
Reminds me of a house in RuneScape. Very nice.
Wow I’d love to be there mate, u r very lucky
Wow. Interesting.
I'm glad it's been put to rights, it's a lovely place.
Thanks for this film,my ancestors are from warderton ,they lived in some of the old properties still there ,not sure if they ever lived in this one I would love to find out.
1614 and I’m watching in 2023. I really enjoy that.
Very cool
Me too I would love to see something like that
Not exactly what I expected inside. Massive structure for relatively little living space. With that height I expected a 2nd story for living.
Thanks
I realize that people centuries ago didn't have vacuum cleaners, but why do the rooms look uncared for? People in the 16th and 17th centuries, whatever their station in life, took pride in their homes just as we do. You get the impression seeing the interior of this house that its' occupants learned that a neighbor had the plague and ran out the door screaming, with no time to make the beds. They did have time though to stack the cordwood neatly and make sure the fence and gardens were in good repair.
I thought the unmade bed was shown that way, to see the linens & "mattress".
I love these old buildings...
Lovely place.
That is a great museum.
That's awesome well functioning house. I wonder if it has hay straw for insulation with plaster over it??
The chair is fantastic
Well-made house, but this is before sofas and comfortable chairs. Did they have rugs? Interesting to read Bill Bryson’s “At Home” in which he goes from room to room and describes the evolution of furniture
Gorgeous! Thank you :D
Easy to keep clean
I think such a house in the period it would have been lived in would have had far more furniture and personal items.
Looks like a real fixer upper to me Harry, make 'em a lowball offer and see if it flies. ☺
Why is there no handles on the cabinet and hutch? Was it common practice to just use the key to open the doors? Do you know of other handle options of yester year? Beautiful cottage, thanx for the tour!
That is a good question.
I believe handles came into more common usage once drawers came on the scene...drawers had to have handles so they then became more common on other furniture items.
Clean smells good beutiful thanks
I'd love to see the interior restored to its original splendor.
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Really nice. Simple. Love that.
I live in a circa 1650 semi farm labourer's cottage in Bedfordshire which has lots of exposed joists that some idiot painted matt black. Close inspection shows obvious nailing of lath and plaster ceilings. But in places the black is flaking off to show that the joists were lime-washed.There is an ancient lime works very close. I'm anxious to keep it as close to its origins as possible and wonder if any expert reading this can tell me if it is likely it started out with no ceilings? Possibly added as the population became more affluent.