Medieval Dwellings Campaigns Of Improvement & Modernisation

The Medieval Hall, Appreciations

Medieval dwellings are often heavily disguised by numerous campaigns of improvement and modernisation. Reconstruction drawings are necessary to show the essential features of the hallhouse, and they are a prominent feature of Houses of the Welsh Countryside. The hallhouse is so called because the principal room was the hall, a large room open to the roof and heated by a centrally-placed open hearth.

Appreciations:
Bryndraenog
Buguildy, Radnorshire

Egryn Abbey
Llanaber, Merioneth

Gloddaeth
Llandudno, Caernarfonshire

Hendre’rywydd-uchaf
from Llangynhafal, Denbighshire (now at St Fagans)

The Hall House, Rhydycarw
Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire

Tŷ-mawr
Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire

introducing Houses of the Welsh Countryside - Bilingual Publication
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