tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post3478378518958034349..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Photos of the Tudor House in MargateMichael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-57597485628678705312017-10-04T17:05:56.771+01:002017-10-04T17:05:56.771+01:00It's been a while since you visited, Michael, ...It's been a while since you visited, Michael, but I've just come across this page. <br /><br />I can illuminate a couple of questions. <br /><br />The laths would not have been applied outside the structural timbers. The style employed here is "close studding" - using more timber between the structural pieces than required -, and was very much meant to be seen. Timber was still plentiful - it didn't need to be recycled from ships -, but it had to be bought, and close studding displayed the house-owner's ability to pay for excessive material. This is attested not only by very many surviving examples, but by copious contemporary records, written and drawn. <br /><br />You're probably right about the marking on internal timbers being subsequent. This would have been to provide a key for plastering, by a later generation adapting or updating the house. <br /><br />Historic England considers the restoration to be remarkably accurate, and the major part of the house to date from the early 1500s. <br /><br />Ian M. Palmer. Ian Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094849981441065533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-32241280552866020482011-02-01T17:46:00.504+00:002011-02-01T17:46:00.504+00:00Thanks to you for the post relating to this issue,...Thanks to you for the post relating to this issue, it turned out very useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-89473844330859764062011-01-27T21:27:13.101+00:002011-01-27T21:27:13.101+00:00Thanks for revealing. Quite simple and straightfor...Thanks for revealing. Quite simple and straightforward to comprehend. Done well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-48021822802953913692010-09-13T19:55:56.358+01:002010-09-13T19:55:56.358+01:00Michael - see if you can get hold of Mick Twyman a...Michael - see if you can get hold of Mick Twyman and Alf Beeching's research on the building published via Margate Historical Society in 2000. Beware of other writers such as Roger Brown in “Old Houses and Cottages of Kent”, who misdescribe the house in some important elements. Even the late Dr. Alan Kay tried to revise the importance of the building, aware, as he was, of some of the changes that happened during its restoration. Glad you finally made it to one of Margate's true gems.MACnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-87363008689024424162010-09-13T11:29:44.600+01:002010-09-13T11:29:44.600+01:00Michael, it would be very interesting if there are...Michael, it would be very interesting if there are visitor statistics available for the venues open this weekend, like the Tudor House for example.A J Ovendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145698477921862643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-86404027510103264202010-09-13T06:56:35.360+01:002010-09-13T06:56:35.360+01:00Hello all, the Margate Historical Society has a gr...Hello all, the Margate Historical Society has a great collection of history on the Tudor House. Contact us on margatehistoricalsociety@yahoo.co.ukMargate Historical Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466782420142687941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-27398045571637381262010-09-12T22:16:49.982+01:002010-09-12T22:16:49.982+01:00Michael, your understanding is mostly based on the...Michael, your understanding is mostly based on the kings letters to the Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports, written between the mid 1200s and about 1600. Did you read it in the press at the time or have you researched it since?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-58275099557627707062010-09-12T20:59:21.014+01:002010-09-12T20:59:21.014+01:00Hello there,
I also visited Tudor House over the...Hello there, <br /><br />I also visited Tudor House over the weekend, and I noticed that there was sign outside saying that a gentlemen (I can't remember his name) was in the middle of refurbishing the house when he passed away in 1952. I think this must be the reason that some of the house is older than other parts. <br />I wish I knew more about the actual history of the people that used to live there years ago. So if anybody knows more about that I would love to know more.Big-Fat-Messhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092911850334326190noreply@blogger.com