tudor buildings
Most ordinary homes in Tudor times were half timbered – they had wooden frames and the spaces between were filled with small sticks and wet clay called wattle and daub. Originally, black and white buildings weren’t black and white, but the natural colour of the oak beams and the colour of the soil in the locality, mixed with lime and ox blood.
Tudor houses are known for their ‘black-and-white’ effect. Merchants would compete for store-front space, so the ground floor area would be limited by the amount of space available. From there, the upper floors would overhang the ground floors, enlarging the square footage on the upper stories. For the wealthier merchants, the exposed wood beams would be elaborately carved or shaped. For the less prosperous, the homes were usually only two stories high and there was little or no carving.
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Bridgnorth Kings Head Inn
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Bridgnorth Richard Baxters house
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Bridgnorth Shakespeare Pub
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Bridgnorth Town Hall and Market
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Bridgnorth Town Hall and Market and bats
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Bridgnorth Town Hall and Market front
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Ludlow Broad Street and DeGrays
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Ludlow Broad Street and DeGrays Valentines ghost
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Ludlow The Feathers bats
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Ludlow The Feathers brown
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Ludlow The Feathers Milky Way
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Ludlow The Feathers the ghost preacher
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Ludlow The Old Bull
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Ludlow The Old Bull and the tale of the lonesome monk
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Much Wenlock Ashfield Hall
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Much Wenlock Ashfield Hall and King Charles I
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Much Wenlock Book Shop and The Talbot Inn
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Much Wenlock Book Shop and The Talbot Inn with sheep
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Much Wenlock Raynalds House
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Much Wenlock Raynalds House – red
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Much Wenlock Raynalds House Victorian children
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Much Wenlock Town Hall and Market
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Much Wenlock Town Hall and Market with Nanny Morgan the witch
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Shrewsbury Barracks Passage and the Tudor ghosts
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Shrewsbury House by Castle Gates and the hanged Irish mercenaries
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Shrewsbury House by Castle Gates, hanged Irish mercenaries and ghosts
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Shrewsbury Irelands Mansion
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Shrewsbury The House at the Castle Gates
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Shrewsbury The Wheatsheaf
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