Precisely what I meant when referring to our cottage at the museum. The fire was lit each day as we arrived; in real life it would have been going all day and perhaps, banked down, all night, so the fireplace structure would have absorbed some of the heat (though a lot went up the chimney).
Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/01/2006 02:36 >>> wrote: 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?) ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
