Tudor homes were built at a time when the British were feeling less fearful for their safety, so houses were more outward-facing than in the Middle Ages when the need to defend the family led to many houses facing inwards onto a central courtyard. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are the very essence of Olde England, pretty black and white dwellings with great character and centuries of history steeped in their walls. Half-timbered with white-painted wattle and daub painted walls, these houses had steeply-pitched roofs and small-paned casement windows, often with a jetty overhanging the street. Discover more about our homes through the ages. Looking at the door, it is easy to picture something with this aesthetic to have been used on a real house.Over the centuries changing home design has reflected new trends, especially in the kitchen. This is done by taking 3 thin flat pieces, the centre one having the clips that allow for the hinge of the door to be attached to the doorframe of the house, and then layering the three pieces with flat panels that differ in size and colour. The door is quite possibly my favorite part of the build, given the detail of the final look and taking into consideration the simple design employed to create it. This gives the walls the pitch required for the roof after having capped the tops of the walls with smooth angled pieces. This is achieved by building them up using both the smooth and ridged brown pieces to give the texture and detail of a wooden wall with each subsequent layer slightly shorter than the last. The walls themselves are very simple to construct, especially considering it is only the front and back that is to be completed. Moving on from the internals of the building, it is time to finish up the exterior walls and add on the door. This meant that when the chance was given to me to build a MOC (My Own Creation) model of “The Vikings House” created by “bricks_fan_uy” and made available by MedievalBrick, I not only had to give it a try, but I also felt that I would need to build this model with one of my children and see what they thought of the model too. Even though I have since grown up, married and had 4 children, trying to recreate these buildings with lego has not only stuck with me, but has also been handed over to my children. This fascination was further pushed with different brands of lego allowing me to try and create these buildings in 3D to better help me picture what it might have looked like for people standing within these ancient structures. Even though my young mind couldn’t comprehend exactly where these great civilizations sat on history’s timeline, I always found myself drawn to learn more about what life might have been like for someone living within these times.īecause of this love of the old world it would have been quite common to find a young me looking at pictures of old castles, temples or homes and trying to picture what they might have looked like for someone standing within them. ![]() From the Egyptians, Mayans or Aztecs with their pyramids and temples to the royal families of Europe or the Vikings of Scandinavia with their epic battles and brave conquests. That is of course with the exception of any lesson that focused on the ancient or medieval times in mankind’s history. However, while I can remember sitting at my desk with my classmates and the teacher standing at the board, I can’t recall any of the actual lessons that I was taught. I don’t recall ever getting in trouble with my teachers, nor do I have any memory of ever failing to achieve less than a pass for any school work that I was tasked with completing. As a child I was always very fond of school.
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