Smewhins Cottage, Shottesbrooke, Berkshire

This moated house was first built as a cottage in the 15th century. Since then it has been added to and altered considerably. Buildings such as this give historians and archaeologists a chance to examine the building techniques employed by medieval and early modern craftsmen.

Location

Windsor and Maidenhead Shottesbrooke

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

Tags

house moat timber framed architecture building Medieval (1066 - 1484)