At 7:35 PM +0000 1/17/06, Laura Dickerson wrote:
A number of years ago we visited Cothele House in Cornwall on a
cold rainy April day. It's a granite and slate Tudorish house with
fancy woodwork and lots of tapestries on the walls. No electric
lights, no central heating. There was a blazing fire in the great
hall fireplace, but unless one was standing quite near the fire, it
didn't seem to help much. Dark and damp and chilly, although it was
at least out of the wind.
From the web site I note that this house is closed during the winter,
from November through late March, and so doesn't really answer the
question of how warm it would be if it was lived in all year round
(including the fire places going at least all winter, possibly all
year round) -- especially not when visited in April only a few weeks
after opening again.
(Another consideration is, even when it is open, is it kept heated
when tourists aren't there, or are the fires only going during
business hours?)
All those layers of woolen clothes seemed
like a good idea.
I have no doubt this is true -- indeed, it is still true in Britain,
in my experience, even with central heating...
Sharon
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Sharon Krossa, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resources for Scottish history, names, clothing, language & more:
Medieval Scotland - http://MedievalScotland.org/
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