Houses In The Elizabethan Era

The buildings in the Elizabethan Era, were the biggest and most awkward looking things ever. The buildings were built out of wood, were decorated nicely, and were mostly built on hills in a village format. One question people tend to ask very often is, “What were these buildings made out of?” Most of these buildings were Half Timbered. Made up of mostly wood with extremely large windows. The timbers that the architects used were usually very tall and widely spaced out. People's houses consist of high chimneys, pillared porches, overhanging first floors, galleries, and vertical and diagonal timbers. These aspects of these houses made them strike at people. The most popular styled house was The Black and White Half Timbered house. People looked at this type of architecture as it was the medieval days. The windows were one of the most important pieces for this styled house. These windows were really tall and wide. These windows were panes of glass which supposedly makes the building light up more. The glass was most of the time in a criss-crossed pattern. Architects worked harder on this type …show more content…
The men were blacksmiths, carpenters, builders, farmer, roofers, ploughmen, cowmen, peasants, and labourers. The village homes consist of half-timbered buildings with thatched roofs and were surrounded by the countrysides and woodlands. Close to only one hundred people could fit in these small villages. That just says how small and compact the houses were. Families were spread out around the villages, and most of the time it was just one or two families in the villages. Between parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc, these places were pretty crowded. Money was one of the biggest problems in the villages. In these villages, it was one of those systems where everyone knew everyone. Even if they were not in your family Everyone had to go out, get what they need, and then they had to some barter their products for to get what was