John Shakespeare's Tudor house bought in 1556 in the Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, it's the house where William Shakespeare and his brothers and sisters were brought up. In a typical Tudor house the weight of the house was carried on a wooden frame. The space between the wooden beams was filled in with either brick or plaster. Brick was costly so plaster was used as the infill between the beams in smaller houses. The plaster was whitewashed, giving houses their distinctive black-and-white appearance.
John Shakespeare's Tudor house bought in 1556 in the Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, it's the house where William Shakespeare and his brothers and sisters were brought up. A typical Tudor house was half-timbered (also called timber-framed), which meant that the weight of the house was carried on a wooden frame. The space between the wooden beams was filled in with either brick or plaster. Brick only started to become a common building material during this period, and was still relatively costly. Where brick was too expensive, plaster was used as the infill between the beams in smaller houses. The plaster was whitewashed, giving houses a distinctive black-and-white appearance. The upper storeys were often designed to project over the ground floor. This was done to maximise the use of space, as the owner would be taxed according to the area of the lower floor projecting into the street.
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Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
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