Who lives in the oldest house?

[FPC]

Following on from the earlier post about living in an old house, it got me wondering if there were any PHers who lived in a really old house...

I reckon our house is about 200 or so years old - the neighbouring manor house is 17th century in parts although records show a house on that site in the at least the 14th century.

[Eddh]

Out house is believed to be 300 or 400 years old

[Triumph Coupe]

My mothers house is dated 1657

[Silent1]

700 years old here (although it's got an extension on it now)

[AdamT]

Early 13th Century

[FPC]

AdamT said:

Early 13th Century

That's mental. Any details?

[XJSJohn]

the country i live in is only 42 years old so its not gonna be me

[rhinochopig]

I'm waiting for some posts from our American cousins...

an American said:

Although carbon dating can only give us an approximate date, it is thought by historians that my house was built in 1961.

[jeevescat]

Used to live in a 17th century cottage, once a stable block which adjoined the new Manor House, which itself which was built over the remains of the original house.

The New Manor was built around 1377!!

Edited by jeevescat on Tuesday 9th September 11:19

[hunt_the_fox]

I think our house is one of the older examples in SE London. We've still got most of the interior pannelling from 1705, it is 2* listed and a pain when it comes to repairs etc.

[AdamT]

FPC said:

AdamT said:

Early 13th Century

That's mental. Any details?

Quite a bit of history, the place was occupied in the 100 years war by the brits(frenc chateau) when it was reclaimed the place suffered a large fire losing the 3rd floor.

One of the previous owners was quite a character. His name was Charles-Claude-Barthelemy and according to records lived a "scandalous" and "agitated" life of debauchery and unscrupulous commercial dealing ( in 1790). He allegedly stole a lot of money from the surrounding villages and fled France for St Lucia. Forgetting to take his wife.

Pretty interesting and quite humbling to live in such an old place.

best,
adam

[kambites]

It's very hard to tell how old houses are beyond a certain point. My parents' garage seems to have been a bakery at some point, and the oven we found in there was dated as around 3-400 years old, the building is believed to have had another use before that, but no-one knows for how long. There has been a building on the site for even longer, but no-one knows whether it was the same one.

The house has now been extended at least four times, and two of the wings that we know were there in the late 1800s no longer are (best guess is that they came down in a storm) at some point in the early 20th century.

Best guess is that the oldest bits of the house are 16th century.

Edited by kambites on Tuesday 9th September 11:24

[MrV]

1680ish

It its time it has been a coffin makers,doctors surgery and sweet shop

[Zod]

Ours is regency, so very early 19th Century.

[funinthesun]

i seem to recall that the farm we are on is recorded in the domesday book, but not sure of the exact details.. think bits of the current main farmhouse are circa 14c. and one of the cottages has an 6 foot ( wide) well in the kitchen floor....

Edited by funinthesun on Tuesday 9th September 11:32

[markbe]

Current building 1700, previous building noted in the doomsday book.

mark

[lunarscope]

I live in a cave.
First known occupier was "Ugg Ugg" and his occupation is recorded as "Mammoth Hunter".



I win.

[illmonkey]

Lived in a 1500's house (gf familys). They found gold and built extentions in 1800's.

House was used as a mortuary, embalming went on in the lounge, grave stones stayed in what became in her bedroom.

[okgo]

Our old house was 1400's.

Was a stable in the first instance

[t0ny99]

Blimey, mine's a newbuild in this company; sometime between 1894 and 1897, as far as I can tell. It's not on an 1894 map of Teddington & Hampton Hill, but the first 4 houses in the same terrace are (all built as tied cottages for workers in the local dairy).