A change in layoutHaving given a bit of thought to my layout of the house I had extended the back to the house outwards to form the legs of a H. This was originally only one single castle / steck wall unit deep. This was to add the Tudor wall sections at the back without adding to much castle walls, bearing in mind that I ideally would like a totally Tudor build no castle walls at all.
This is what you all saw in the last pics, my Dad wandered in and said "mmm nice but why just half a room at the back if your going to come out further might as well make it a proper room"
The principle was good but what to put in the extra space then it hit me
a chapel. Most large houses had an indoor chapel in them as well as a local church. So rebuilding the house again I have room for a chapel behind the main hall.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this stageThinking about the main hall as well I also wanted a minstrel's gallery. Here's a real one!
This means doubling in the height of the main hall to 2 stories to put in a balcony. This could only be done by moving the bedroom from above. I had to do a total rebuild inside. Because the staircase has to be in the middle of the house as mentioned earlier, the main hall has swapped sides and is on the right hand side taking up two floors with a chapel behind and the study is now over the chapel.
So on the left side is the kitchen ( where the hall was) and above that a bed room and sitting room.
This is the new left hand side with the kitchen
The right side
The Chapel
A quest for partsNow in my quest to have a completely Tudor / wooden looking building I have been on the scrounge for corners and T pieces made with a wood pattern. As you can see from the last set of pictures I'm gradually replacing all the grey castle connectors with these, and I think it really makes a difference with the whole look of the building.
Also I've managed to get a few more of the solid Tudor walls from the bakery and small barn, so that my extended walls are nearly all Tudor now except for the Chapel window wall.
This leads me onto my next section which is about flooring and Richards amazing suggestion in a much earlier post
