Medieval Housing

[Dragon Master]

Did appartment like buildings exist in the middle ages. I got a bunch of peasants and warriors that could use a place to live. I got a bunch of gray bricks and not a lot of "tudor" house pieces. I'd like to make a large stone building, CCC style with individual rooms for sleeping and a few large common rooms for dining and entertainment. Did buildings like this exist in the middle ages?

Thanks,

DM

[Jedipawn]

Inns and Taverans would "rent" rooms for extended peirods of time periodicaly. But what about a barricks? I think that would make the most sence for the soldiers.

Jedipawn

[Dragon Master]

Thanks man, I think a large taven and a barracks would be nice. I got my work cut out for me!

DM

[g2]

You can also build a jail-house which would have been a stone structure, and put in all the peasants, and have the guards/soldiers guarding them.

[kelderic]

You do realise that this was three years, ago, right?

Kelderic

[JoshWedin]

Just a quick note here. We have been having a lot of old threads revived, so I thought I should point this out again.

It is fine to revive threads if you have new, relevant information. For instance, reviving old reviews is fine, if its a set you haven't reviewed, etc. But this thread seems to be stretching it a bit since Dragon Master was asking for advice on a MOC three years ago and he hasn't posted here for over a year.

Just something to keep in mind.

Josh

[Knight David]

Thanks for this, it really gives me ideas!!

David

[sir aleks the bold]

yes these where usually called taverns they had 2 storys and half of the 1st floor was like a bar

[CastleLord]

Well the Romans actually buildt from two to six floors.

CastleLord.

[The Crusader]

There is probably alot of forclosing right now.

[puddleglum]

yes these where usually called taverns they had 2 storys and half of the 1st floor was like a bar

It seems sir aleks is getting bold indeed with his old-thread-ressurecting habits, this time selecting a 2 year old thread where a mod has explicitly addressed the topic of posting in an old thread with no new/valuable info.

[Sir Prog]

Thanks for this, it really gives me ideas!!

David

Pretty sweet castle gallery David. I dig the dismal authenticity of it. The resting room connected to the armory reminds me of a modern fire station, very accurate I bet.

[Heir of Black Falcon]

Depends what you mean by apartments.

If you mean a condo style close built row housing with people to you sides sharing two walls most certainly.

As time went on people also seperated homes every which way so in a few generations you could have basically vertical and horizontal house clusters.

What you are describing sounds more like some type of inn or barracks. Soldiers empoyed could be expected to sleep in a communal setting or sorts at times or with various split rooms. Take a look at Middleham castle and you can see loads of rooms with fireplaces and latrines for people employed by the lord (Richard III).

That said stone houses were very common in some places, Southampton for example has loads of them.

My suggestion. You can make row housing out of stone and be perfectly historic. You could also make the 'tudor' looks (which is not really tudor by the way it predates them by centuries and some) with any solid lego color matched with black or brown supports.

Heir