Covered bed at Bayleaf
A covered bed in the upstairs room of the solar.
Daub & Wattle
Walls were constructed with woven wattle sticks, and then a mud mixture (daub) was smeared over it.
Garderobe in upstairs bedroom
Conjectural reconstruction of a garderobe that would empty into a cesspit below. This is located behind a door in an outside wall in the upstairs solar room.
garderobe in Decameron
15th century illustration from a french translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.
1500s Tudor Kitchen
A detatched kitchen dating from the 1500s. Kitchens often burned down and so were often detatched from the main house in wealthier farmsteads. Notice the meats hanging above the fire to smoke.
Spits and cauldrons
Lower left corner spits for roasting. Ropes at the top hold the hanging meats above the fire area to smoke them.
Oven and wash water.
Oven is heated by building a fire in it. Coals are raked out of it and put in the cavity below it to help keep it warm.
Wood for the kitchen
Notice that the wood for the kitchen is stacked by size. Smaller faggots give off more heat and burn at a more constant temperature.
Hall from Boarhunt
1400s open hall peasant's cottage.