The host and the other guys looked like kids in a Candy shop -or- "Moms making cookies!" peaking through the window and doorway when they were cutting out the fireplace :-)
I love this show. It is like the other home restoration shows but with just the history and building techniques without the stress. Definitely a beautiful building, amazing craftsmen, and wonderful, personalized storytelling. Thank you. Give me more of these shows.
We need to encourage the younger generation to learn these crafts... what happened to the fireplace? I do enjoy these video's... thank you for sharing...
I would like to think that a plaque is present with the four guys names on them who were ultimately responsible for this wonderful preservation of our history.
Agreed. Love the English history and heritage. Not the modern England. And I love that proper English. Not the slur we hear many times these days. A ruined culture in many ways. Very sad thinking of how splendid and fine it was back in the day.
Yep. But this was all in Wales, not England. Charlie, the presenter, is English. I can assure you as someone who lives in Wales there are plenty who don't talk 'properly'.
MsPinkwolf I love how the Welsh speak too. I’m a musician and the various accents found in Great Britain are music to my ears. Same as in the US. I love the sound of people speaking in the Appalachians. Same reason, to me the unique fluctuations and phrases sound like music plus dialects teach us new ways of looking at life.
I love that this led to the uncovering of a pre-reformation mantle/fireplace with the dedication to the Catholic Church and the king. This would have been dangerous to have seen by the Protestants that turned Catholics in for monetary rewards after the reformation! I hope they can verify it was the owners of the restored building! Don't you just love history?
@reel truth history documentaries - please turn on closed captioning. there are those of us with hearing issues that would enjoy to know more of what is being said. the older host speaks very softly and mumbles and i make out very little of what he says.
In 1963, the medieval house just up the road was scheduled to be demolished. A team of brilliant local historians, small independent builders and the council got together with the landowner, a local garage owner whose petrol station lay at the back of the building, and who wanted to extend to the street (which was part of the A38). Obviously extending to the trunk road would immeasurably improve his potential trade, but he recognised the age and historical value of the dilapidated building. The 'Merchants House' was taken apart and rebuilt in a field outside the town. A windmill from another area joined it, and the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings was born. The Museum is thriving, and the businessman eventually stopped selling petrol and now has a successful car dealership on the same site. Win win.
Wonderful documentary!! That fireplace was stunning!! It was also wonderful not having this series hijacked by feminist producers and presenters like other series.
Presumably you mean Charlie Luxton, the presenter. He is a skilled craftsman in his own right with an M.A from the Royal College of Art and a B.A in architecture
The accents are like exercise for face, my jaws would be tired if I were to have to speak the accents, there are so many variations. Best Wellbeing to all ...
