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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
My house was thatched but not now, the walls use the same stone and are 3ft thick, Mr. Wolf can huff and puff but he ain't getting in as my front door is 3" solid oak (inner boards are 500yr old reclaimed oak)
thought I'd add a picture, not my house but the neighbours across the road
my old house, was a pub late 1800's, still has 'The Bell Inn' faintly painted on the chimney. Part of it was Elizabethan oak timber framed and then update with a Georgian front. We had to chock up the television cabinet to stop it falling over as the wooden floor in the early part had a 3-4" slope across the room
Just found this picture from the 1905
and as it looks now
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Wow, those are cool old homes. I wouldn't know how or where to start if I had to restore one of those.