This is This is Little Moreton HallLittle Moreton Hall. . It is a typical Tudor House built for a rich Tudor man.It is a typical Tudor House built for a rich Tudor man.

You can see that parts of the walls, windows and roof have sagged – they are You can see that parts of the walls, windows and roof have sagged – they are bending and curving down.bending and curving down.

Why do you think this Tudor house is coloured black and white?Why do you think this Tudor house is coloured black and white?

Most Tudor houses were built from a wooden Most Tudor houses were built from a wooden frame. The wood was carved by carpenters into frame. The wood was carved by carpenters into long long timberstimbers and then the and then the timberstimbers were fastened were fastened together with together with wooden pegswooden pegs. Then the builders . Then the builders would push up each side of the house and would push up each side of the house and fasten them together with more wood pegs until fasten them together with more wood pegs until you had the you had the frameframe of the house. of the house.

The holes between the timbers would then be The holes between the timbers would then be filled in with filled in with wattle and daubwattle and daub..

Can you guess what wattle and daub was made Can you guess what wattle and daub was made from?from?

Here you can see a Tudor house Here you can see a Tudor house and in this window you can see and in this window you can see the the wattlewattle. Wattle was made from . Wattle was made from woven sticks and thin branches woven sticks and thin branches to make a to make a fencefence that would fit that would fit inside each hole between the inside each hole between the timberstimbers..

The The daubdaub was a very thick paste was a very thick paste made up from mud, cow and made up from mud, cow and horse manure, hay, straw and horse manure, hay, straw and horse hair. This horse hair. This daubdaub was then was then pushed between the woven sticks pushed between the woven sticks and smoothed on the surface. and smoothed on the surface. When it was dry it was very hard, When it was dry it was very hard, like concrete, and it kept the like concrete, and it kept the houses warm inside.houses warm inside.

All these Tudor houses have All these Tudor houses have used used wattle and daubwattle and daub and a and a timber frametimber frame..

Some Tudor houses, built for wealthy Tudor Some Tudor houses, built for wealthy Tudor people, were made from people, were made from brickbrick as well as as well as timbertimber and and wattle and daubwattle and daub..

Can you see which parts of this house,Can you see which parts of this house, Gainsborough Hall, Gainsborough Hall, are made ofare made of brick brick and which and which parts areparts are wattle and daub? wattle and daub?

Hampton Court PalaceHampton Court Palace is built is built entirely of entirely of brickbrick and and stonestone. It was . It was built by built by Cardinal WolseyCardinal Wolsey, and after , and after Henry VIIIHenry VIII sacked him from the sacked him from the Church, Henry himself lived in the Church, Henry himself lived in the Palace.Palace.

Built right next to the River Built right next to the River Thames, Henry could travel from Thames, Henry could travel from his palace to London by boat very his palace to London by boat very easily.easily.

Rich Tudor houses had Rich Tudor houses had Great Halls and many Great Halls and many large rooms with the large rooms with the walls decorated with walls decorated with cloth tapestries or cloth tapestries or wooden panelling.wooden panelling.

They also had large kitchens where lots of They also had large kitchens where lots of servants and cooks prepared meals for the servants and cooks prepared meals for the knights, lords and royal people who owned and knights, lords and royal people who owned and lived in these large houses.lived in these large houses.

Peasants in Tudor times Peasants in Tudor times lived in small wattle & daub lived in small wattle & daub houses with houses with thatchedthatched strawstraw roofs. Their houses did not roofs. Their houses did not have glass windows, have glass windows, because glass was because glass was expensive. They had expensive. They had wooden shutterswooden shutters which which meant when they were meant when they were closed it was dark inside.closed it was dark inside.

Inside these houses often only had one floor. It Inside these houses often only had one floor. It had an earth floor with straw scattered on it, or it had an earth floor with straw scattered on it, or it had mats woven out of rushes. Poor people did had mats woven out of rushes. Poor people did not have much furniture in their houses. They not have much furniture in their houses. They would have a table, a few chairs, a box to keep would have a table, a few chairs, a box to keep things in and hooks on the walls for hanging things in and hooks on the walls for hanging cooking pots and tools. They slept on a mattress cooking pots and tools. They slept on a mattress stuffed with straw and horse hair.stuffed with straw and horse hair.

Some very poor Tudor people had houses that Some very poor Tudor people had houses that were no better than a wooden garden shed.were no better than a wooden garden shed.