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What buildings would be in a medieval manor?
It varied from a few to many. One thing medieval manor houses had was a great hall, which was very big and was likely to be partitioned into smaller cubicles. The reason for this was that there was no really good way to heat smaller rooms because most medieval manor houses did not have chimneys until after the 12th century, when they were introduced. Great halls were usually heated by open fires in the middles of the rooms, with the smoke rising to the roof and vented from there through openings in the walls or the roof itself. But the effect of the great hall on the architecture was to limit the number of smaller rooms.
What does a lord live in?
A medieval baron had an estate called a barony, but it usually consisted of manors that were scattered through the country, and were not together. The baron could choose to live at any of the manors, and often barons would move from one to another fairly often so they could keep track of their estates personally. Most medieval nobles lived in manor houses, and most manor houses were just large, well built houses we might call mansions. Some nobles lived in fortified manor houses, which were built rather like castles, to the modern eye. Barons, who were at a higher rank than most other nobles, were likely to own castles of their own. Those who did own castles were likely not to wish to live in them, because castles were not always built to provide comfortable living space.
Where did a medieval lord live?
Medieval ladies usually lived in manor houses. Sometimes they lived in castles. Especially in the later part of the Middle Ages, some members of the nobility had town houses in towns or cities, so a few ladies lived in these.
What types of buildings were evident in medieval Europe and what were they used for?
These were some of the buildings used in the Middle Ages:Manors had sheds and barns for storage, chicken coops, stables, and so on.Cottages were used by peasants for their homes. In some places long houses were used by multiple families, and in some places these long houses even housed the family of the owner of the farm.A manor had a manor house, the home of the lord of the manor. Some of these were fortified and looked like castles.A manor often had various other work buildings, including work shops for smiths, mills for grinding flour, mills for pumping water, and in some cases such things as buildings for making pottery, kilns and so on. There were also often communal ovens for people to bake with.Shops in the villages, including bakeries, butchers' shops, and so on.Churches for worship. Cities had cathedral churches.Manufacturing facilities for all sorts of goods, including weavers facilities, leather tanners, armorers,Castles, which were forts for defense. They could also be residences of important lords. Castles had their own buildings, such as the great hall or keep, the gate house, and so on.Palaces, which were especially fine manor houses where monarchs lived. Certain counts also had palaces, and were called counts palatine to indicate they had that right.Port facilities, such as warehouses for importers, and other ancillary support buildings for sailors.Inns and taverns for feeding and housing travelersMonasteries and abbeys for housing monks and nunsVarious booths for everyone from people who sold prepared meals to toll collectors
Did a lord of a medieval manor live in a manor house?
The manor house was the house for the lord of the manor. Usually the lord lived in a manor house, but lords often had more than one manor, and some lords had many. The result was that sometimes the only people who lived in the manor house were the household servants. If the lord was not living in the manor house, it was usually kept ready for him to stay in if he showed up. There were many cases of manors being rented out, and in such a case, the person who rented it lived in the manor house. This normally happened only if the lord of the manor was short of money.
