I would like to have full details of a small farmhouse/Manor house in
Dorset or Somerset or somewhere in West England that was built in the
15th or16th century. I need details of each room when it was built and
when it was added on. One that is still inhabited. If no such house
exists then a mock up ie what would such a house look like that had
been added onto over the years. Website, leaflets books etc. This is
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
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17 Jan 2003 11:59 PST
Hello again
Perhaps the best way is to go to the source itself. I have emailed
the owners of several currently used 16th and 15th century farm and
manor houses. All on the list are still being used, mostly as small
hotels and bed and breakfasts.
I will also be checking archaeological sites dealing with manor houses
from the same period in order to obtain ground plans and construction
information.
I hope to have your answer prepared and posted within a day.
In the meantime, if any other researchers have the information readily
available, please feel free to jump in with an answer.
Cheers
digsalot
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Clarification of Question by
deseven-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 00:19 PST
I have been asked to clarify my question but you seem to be dealing
with it very well. Many thanks. I am afraid I am a computer dummy as
my daughter put it so it takes me a while to work things out
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 11:23 PST
LOL, no you don't need to answer this as a clarification request. I
am just letting you know where I am in the process in this manner
rather than using the "comments" section. I don't know if you are
notified when a "comment is made or not.
I have received two responses. Both want a fee for the information.
They are in business, I guess. Plus it is the weekend and I may not
receive too much before Monday.
I am going after this from some different directions as well. I can
find information about the "Great" houses fairly easily but want to
concentrate on smaller dwellings per your question. The information
IS there. I just need to 'dig' for it. Oh the trials and
tribulations of a retired archaeologist. :) - - - If nothing else, I
can reconstruct one for you and this question is still open for any
researchers who might have information of their own. So, between the
combined resources of this rather amazing bunch, you WILL get an
answer.
Cheers
digsalot
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
21 Jan 2003 12:06 PST
Yes, still working on it. It seems most of the smaller surviving
dwellings are either B&Bs or belong to the National Trust. The
National Trust charges for the plans and the B&Bs are quite unwilling
to provide much of anything for free. One even suggested she didn't
like me "casing" her place by asking about room layouts. (maybe she
had been robbed in the past?) The archaeology sites I have looked at
deal mostly with "farm structures" but not houses and the ones dealing
with houses are from the wrong time period. (I don't think Roman
villas or saxon earthworks will fill the bill.)
I am not going to promise you anything fast. I do promise I won't
give up. Your initial question about the 16th century women has me
interested in getting your book finished. I wanna read it.
Historical novels are a passion.
If anybody else has any information, please feel free to jump in here.
Cheers
digs
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
23 Jan 2003 12:51 PST
Hi again - I am going to put this here rather than as an answer (it's
not really anyway) Tehuti has been a great help and I have followed
her leads but to nothing in detail. I think answerfinder may have
come up with the best solution. Take the money you were going to
spend here and order the plans from the National Trust as answerfinder
suggested. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk
I don't know what the conversion rate between dollars and the British
Pound is, but for something close to the same amount, you should be
able to get the detailed information you are looking for from them.
Call it 'investment advice' if you want but I truly think you will be
better off spending the money with the National Trust in this case.
I still wanna read the book.
Cheers
digs
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
31 Jan 2003 12:56 PST
Sorry about the National Trust. I will be in Cleveland for a couple
of days next week for a project at the Art Museum. While there I will
check their art and architectural history library sections and see
what I can come up with. I know the material is available in hard
copy, I just have to get it to you online. If I come up with some
good titles, would you consider trying to obtain them from a library
in your area? Some may be of rather limited printings and be
unavailable outside of specialty libraries who can afford the big
bucks to buy them. I will see what I can do.
digs
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Clarification of Question by
deseven-ga
on
01 Feb 2003 00:35 PST
Hi
Yes I would be prepared to try and borrow it from the library although
we are really out in the sticks here but they are good at trying to
find things if they have titles. I have also been given a couple of
website addresses through some questions I have asked Google where I
can obtain second hand and out of print books . so if I have somet
titles I could try them.
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
01 Feb 2003 01:44 PST
A-OK - back to you in a few days.
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Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
10 Feb 2003 16:57 PST
Hello there - You may want to try one or both of the following titles:
"The Great Rebuildings of Tudor and Stuart England" - Colin Platt -
This book deals primarily with "great" houses but does explain well
the whole evolution of English domestic architecture and its effects
on amaller houses as well.
"Housing Culture" - Matthew Johnson - A great book about domestic
English architecture of the time. You can learn about the author,
find contact information (perhaps a good way to go for you - direct to
the horse's mouth as it were) and read a review of the book. I first
ran into it at the museum. It's already a part of their collection as
is the first book above. http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.h.johnson/ - It's Dr.
Johnson's own page.
More when I find it.
Cheers
digs
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