The history of a place is always more meaningful when you are actually there and imagine being at a different time when the events occurred.
Still, when I see a historic site like that, or a stately home/mansion/castle, the first two thoughts I have are: I wonder how much that would cost today, and I wonder how much it costs to heat that place in the winter?
Just in case a friend asks later, of course.
I reckon it’d take a bit to heat Corfe Castle! :)
Yep, but I'm heavily into "what if", as in "what if it was still there?"
There's still the cost of the real estate. Not that I'm shopping....
I have seen some of the BIG homes in England that would be like trying to heat Bavaria to keep them comfortable!
Most of the ones I’ve been in have massive fireplaces in almost every room. A lot of trees have gone into those fireplaces in an endeavour to keep the occupants warm.
And fireplaces are powerful suctions that put more heat out the chimneys than is used inside. The taller the structure, the higher the chimney, and the stronger the draft. I'll wager that the stately homes actually whistled as air was drawn in through every crack around windows and doors.
I capped our chimney off because of that.