tudor homes by chloe sutter, stephen davidson and bailey manning
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TUDOR HOMES
By Chloe Sutter, Stephen Davidson and Bailey
Manning.
TUDOR HOMES
The Tudor period lasted for over 100 years, from 1485 to
1603. This was an exciting time in history. There are many
differences in Tudor lives to ours today.
There were big differences in the homes of the poor and rich
in Tudor times. Read on to find out about how Tudor houses
were made, how many people lived in a typical Tudor home
and how they were decorated inside.
WHAT WERE TUDOR HOMES LIKE?
Tudor houses were made in many different ways.
Rich houses were built using wooden timber, which
had been coated in black tar to stop the wood from
rotting. Wealthy Tudor homes had open fires, large
kitchens and servants. They also had large wooden
furniture. Candles were used as lights as they had no
electricity.
WHAT WERE TUDOR HOUSES L IKE INSIDE?
Rich Tudors were the first to have chimneys to take
smoke out of their homes. Even though they were rich
living was still very uncomfortable because they had no
toilet, no tap water and not much furniture. Children
had to sit on a wooden stools while the master of the
house might have sat on an armchair.
HOW WERE TUDOR HOMES MADE?
In Tudor times, mansions were built out of stone
or brick. Other houses were made out of timber.
These houses had walls made out of wattle and daub or
clay and rubble. Houses in the towns were built
upwards instead of outwards to save
Space. However building homes close together was
unhygienic because all the dirty water was thrown out
of the windows.
HOMES OF THE RICH
The rich Tudors homes were larger than the poor
Tudors. They also had fireplaces to keep them warm.
Rich Tudors homes had large carved wooden
furniture and used candles to see at night.
HOMES OF THE POOR
Poor people lived in one small room with a big hole
for a window. They only had straw and a blanket to
keep themselves warm at night. Poor Tudors did not
have chimneys so they had fireplaces in the centre of
the floor.
CONCLUSION
To conclude, Tudor homes were very different to our
homes today. There was no electricity, poor Tudor
homes had no running water and sanitation and lived
in only one room. However, wealthy Tudors lived in
elaborate, magnificent homes with carved furniture.
We are very lucky today with the way we live.
Would you have wanted to live as a Tudor?
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