Middle or Lower Class Elizabethan houses had thatched roofs. The materials used to make a thatched roof was either straw or reeds. Bundles of straw or reed were ...

All homes included large chimneys and thatched roofs produced of straw or reeds. Due to the amount of straw used, the roofs provided a warm surface for animals ...

Elizabethan houses are highly ornamental in style and feature a number of distinctive qualities. The period favoured wood and stonework, with brick suffering in ...

Elizabethan architecture refers to buildings of a certain medieval style constructed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland from 1558 ...

Lower class houses were usually made out of very common materials such as wood, mud and/or sticks. The roofs were most commonly made from straw, sticks, or ...

Elizabethan homes rapidly became the featured homes in England between the years 1550-1625. Named after the then Queen, Elizabeth I, these homes had a unique ...

But Elizabethan Houses were framed with massive upright, vertical timbers. These vertical timbers were often supported by diagonal timbers. The wattle walls ...

Building during Elizabeth's reign was known as the Great Rebuilding. It celebrated a desire among the wealthy to show houses at their best.

Famous examples of Elizabethan stately homes are Longleat House, Hardwick Hall and Burghley House. Photograph of the Elizabethan-style façade of Burghley House.