The Homes of Ordinary Tudors: Life Beyond the Court

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at the Weald & Downland Living Museum, where we explore two remarkable properties that offer a fascinating insight into sixteenth-century domestic life and architecture. If you've ever wondered what life was like beyond the royal palaces, this episode is for you.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guests: Hannah Miller and Roberto Prieto-Labrador

Chapters

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:01:05) - Tudor Tours
• (00:02:31) - How To Read a Tudor Farmhouse
• (00:04:45) - Return to Weald and Downland Museum
• (00:06:08) - Meet the volunteers at the Weald and Downland Museum
• (00:07:00) - The Wealdon Downler Museum
• (00:13:33) - Meet the Guest Expert
• (00:14:52) - The Making of a Tudor House
• (00:15:54) - The classic Open Hall House
• (00:18:22) - A Transitional House
• (00:20:29) - Photographing a tree at Poplar Cottage
• (00:21:01) - White Cottage, Oxford
• (00:25:02) - What is a poplar cottage?
• (00:27:11) - Tudor social stratata, from the bottom to the top
• (00:31:01) - The cottage at Washington, Sussex
• (00:33:46) - TIMELINE
• (00:38:58) - Open Hall Houses of the Middle Ages
• (00:42:18) - Inventory of a yeomen's room
• (00:46:23) - The bed and windows
• (00:51:01) - The privacy of the home
• (00:51:25) - Cottage Architecture
• (00:53:51) - Bay Leaf Cottage, Pendeen
• (00:58:39) - Building with tiled roofs
• (00:59:50) - Chimneys in English domestic architecture
• (01:06:57) - The lobby entry house
• (01:07:51) - The plan of a new house in Suffolk
• (01:11:02) - Fireplaces in the Tudor period
• (01:12:43) - The unheated rooms of the dairy
• (01:13:58) - A painted cloth from the household
• (01:15:33) - The chimney stack opening
• (01:19:02) - The rooms of a Tudor house
• (01:23:33) - Exploring Tyndall's Cottage
• (01:25:43) - Identifying a medieval house by its period
• (01:32:34) - The secrets of building from the sea
• (01:35:56) - The Weald and Downland Museum
• (01:38:20) - Tudor History & Travel