Hello friends, this is a story of a failed Inn and a bigger house.
I've mentioned this project before and I'll finally gotten around to starting this topic. I've recently decided to take reference photos of new building designs so I can see what works and where I might need to improve on things or if it just looks silly. Because of this, this is my only building that I've got pictures of from the start - I wont say till the end as this will be months away yet so I hope every one will have a bit of patience as I work on my house in dribs and drabs.
I apologise for the quality of the photos as I didn't originally intend to share them.
Ok first off I'll explain how I got the idea
I was a fan of Lego as a kid and loved to build bigger and better castles, this has lead to my obsession in later life to build bigger houses and palaces than normal, and now I've turned to the medieval buildings.
So my manor house actually started as an idea to make a coaching inn with a courtyard.
The main problem with making a larger building is getting windows on anything but the very front walls. I thought if I used a row of door walls I could make each into rooms and have a balcony running along the front.
So my next thought is what shape of roof do I use? A sloping in one ...
or a straight end one?
I decided the straight end but this was a bit too big a building for the parts I had, but I wanted to keep the archway so I made it slightly smaller.
Not bad but I still had problems with the walkway.
This I thought was pretty good, downstairs on the left is the common room, on the right the kitchen with a stable behind, and three bedrooms upstairs, with more lodgings in the attic.
The more I looked at it the more I thought the shape is wrong plus I've got loads of bedrooms and this would get boring to furnish so I decided to turn it into a house .....
