Quick Tour (continued)
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Shortly you will arrive at a collection of
agricultural buildings, the stables, a horse
whim (8) which is a horse powered winding engine for a well, an open
shed used for storing some of the Museums collection of wagons
(9), the thatched granary
(10) and cattle sheds (11,
15 and 16). Leading you to the Bayleaf Farmstead.
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Bayleaf Farmstead will probably be one of the highlights of
your visit. We have attempted to recreate a collection of buildings typical of a working
farm in the Middle Ages. Bayleaf is a timber framed hall house dating from the early 15th
century (12). Inside it has been furnished and the table is laid ready for a meal and if
the weather is cold there will be an open fire to add atmosphere. Upstairs you will find
typical bedroom furniture and a feature of the house that causes much comment, a garderobe,
which is a polite name for a privy!
Bayleaf Hall |
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Bayleaf Master Bedroom |
Bayleaf Farmhouse(12) |
Outside Bayleaf farmhouse has its own barn
(13) and farmyard, which will contain
either pigs or cattle. There is a small log store, a well, garden and orchard and shaws which have the character and the detail of the original setting of this wonderful
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Barn from Cowfold |
Bayleaf Shaw |
Opposite Bayleaf, partly hidden in a
wood is Winkhurst (14). One of the first buildings to be erected at
the Museum it has recently been moved and newly interpreted as a Tudor
kitchen. It has modern extensions that approximate in size to
original extensions to the building that have disappeared. This
complex is dedicated to Tudor cooking; step inside, you may get more than
a feast for your eyes!
Click here to
follow the re-erection of Winkhurst in words and pictures.
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