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?