What’s really interesting about it is the front of the house that shows off to those passing by.
This is now the south part of the land, and is angled parallel to the street. Made from oak and dry-stoned walls, the front was very well preserved due to the stucco that had been placed atop of it centuries later. The windows of the house are the original and reconfirms that the family was indeed very well off.
The inside of the house, there’s more oak and uneven stone tiles, as well as an open fireplace in the kitchen that are dated to be part of the original house.
A Tudor farm, Mary Arden’s house is HUGE. Period actors showed of how the family would have lived back in the day. Particularly interesting to me was the farm aspect of the house. All the animals made me feel like I was in a petting zoo and brought out my inner kid.
It was until the period actors started talking about milking the goats that I brought back from reality.
It was through the words of the period actors that helped me imagine what it was like to live there as a servant. The duties and the supplies you had to work with to clean, were rather primitive compared to what we have today.
The food they ate, essentially all locally grown, was probably some of the freshest food. I could imagine myself working on the farm, taking care of the house, eating after the masters of the house, and then sleeping on the stone floor of the kitchen waiting for the next day to come.
