Blakesley Hall
in Tudor Times
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Tudor Living
- Upstairs
Upstairs there were four bedchambers,
a study, a long gallery and a
room where the women of the house
did their spinning, and dyed
their wool. Richard and Elizabeth
must have decided soon after
moving into their new home that
they would split this big spinning
room into two. A dividing wall
was built and the old doorway
blocked. Two new doors were put
in for the two 'new' rooms.
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Richard's bedroom walls were
painted in bright colours with
a pattern he would have chosen
from a 'pattern book'. The paint
would have covered the whole wall
- you can see where it is still
left on the wooden timber to the
right of the picture.
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| His would have had a very comfortable
bed with a roof and curtains. These
beds were called 'tester beds', but
we call them 'fourposter beds'.
Servant's beds would not be as
comfortable as this!
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The third bed chamber has a painted
cloth nailed up around the top of
the wall. This keeps the room warmer
and brightens it up. The pattern
is copied from Richard's bedroom
wall! Go back to that picture and
compare the two.
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| The bed in the third chamber is
a replica. It has been made in exactly
the same way as Richard's bed, and
from the same type of wood - oak.
The bed underneath is called a truckle
bed. It is rolled out at night for
use, and stored under the bed in
the daytime.
The other rooms upstairs, the
parlour chamber, the second bed
chamber and the spinning room are
now used to help visitors understand
about houses like Blakesley Hall.
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The study is a small room leading
off from the long gallery. Richard
kept important documents there. The
study is now furnished as it might
have been for Barbara's second husband,
Aylmer Folliott.
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Let's look at other parts of
the house...
The
Private Rooms
The
Kitchen
The
Bathroom?
The
Servants Rooms |
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