homes in the Stuart period

[Marjoriew]

Someone please point me in the direction of a model we can make of a home prior to the Great Fire of London for our project.
I've given up searching.:)

Have you tried looking for half timbered ? I am pretty sure most of the London houses that burnt down were wooden ones, that were old - probably early tudor or earlier. I think the half timbered style with the overhanging upper story was the norm.

The other type - the tudor/jabobean brick houses were probably only for the very rich at that period.

We were going to do the Stuart period, but I looked at grandson and he looked at me and we both shouted 'Boring'!
But he wants to do the History of the Fire Service so I thought I'd incorporate the Great Fire into it.
I've got some good stuff for the Great Fire, but he wants to build the home too.
I'll try half-timbered.
Thanks, throckenholt.:)

So, will a model of a Tudor house be OK to use?

Is this any good?

www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/houses/tudor.htm

If you want to do the history of the fire service try contacting the London Fire Brigade - I am pretty sure they have a museum at their headquarters - they may be able to send you some stuff.

Also it will bring in insurance - because the early fire brigades I think were actually provided by insurance companies - you only got their help if you had paid your premium.

this is a fairly typical house for that period.

google jacobean architecture under images to get an idea of the newer brick style for mansions of the time.

Are you going to do the plague that swept London the year before the fire ? Two really dominating events of that period.

Thanks Tabliope and throckenholt - that link shows a great house and there's one just like it - an original and an antique shop in Henley-on-Thames.

I used to go there quite a lot.

I might ask the bloke if I can take some photos of the interior. It's still got it's original interior.
Yes, we're doing the Great Fire and the Plague as part of our Landmarks in History.

if you are in/near Londond, go to the Monument as well

You get a certificate (or used to) if you climb to the top of the Monument (300 odd steps). It's next to or on Pudding Lane where the fire started. One of the museums in London has an old street made up from those times with authentic sounds, can't remember which one though. Will let you know if it comes back to me.

tis the Museum of LOndon

well worth a visit

Not possible at the moment for us to get to London, but we've got some great ideas from this thread - I love the Woodlands site and we use it a lot but I didn't think to look for the Stuarts and Tudors there.
I've run the Antique shop in Henley - he remembered us as grandson was able to show his knowledge about some of the stuff he had in the shop.
He said we could come and take some photographs of the original fireplace, stairs and outside, so we'll probably make a day of it.
Thanks for all your help on this thread:)

There is a monument to the Fire Service near to Samuel Johnsons House down a back passage near to Fleet Street. If I recall correctly.

Dr Johnsons house is interesting in its own right.

You could look for fire marks - little badges on the houses that showed if said house was insured. There are still some around.

this is in York and dates from 1648 apparently. another view
close up of windows

Thanks, Northernlurker - especially love that windows one.:)

If you want to go really far back in Ancient Rome the Fire Brigade were Prefects who were also policemen, and generally fairly thuggish. They kept thick fire blankets and buckets at the prefecture, and were not awfully efficient (being often inebbriates as well).

Thanks, Jux:)