700 years old. Posh as fook whilst im as common as mook. Francis Drakes old house. Its beautiful though. And a really weird tree which i dont know wtf it is? But yes anyway for 700 years old its stood the test of time. It have a lovely view going as far as the river Tamar.
@Gangstress 🤣🤣🤣 That made me chuckle. I like beautiful places to. Theres some right stuck up pretentious types though. Then i rock up in a dusty car. Shorts. T-shirt and tatts. Theyre probably looking out the window going....' Oh gosh Albert. One of those terrible poor people from Plymouth has turned up. Get him awwwff our land. And make it pronto. Phwatt..phwatt. 😆
@Musicman Neither were the ordinary houses of Drake's time, as you can tell by most of them not existing any more! But when the average time between building and demolition is less than a hundred years there isn't much point in building for a thousand years. And just think how cold and uncomfortable Drake's place would have been in the winter!
I read somewhere that one reason for US private houses being so shoddily built is that the average lifetime of private dwellings in the US is less than fifty years. It's not quite so bad in the UK.
[@ninalanyon ] [quote]... there isn't much point in building for a thousand years.[/quote] Since the name includes 'abbey,' does that mean it was built out of the remains of one of the monasteries that Henry VIII allowed to be ransacked? The longevity of the structure might be due to its original ecclesiastic nature.
P.S. I can't ask under your comment because it's part of a thread I'm blocked on.
Beautiful photos. When I was visiting England, I remember walking with my cousin’s housemate at the time. His family had lived in London, right where we were, since Medieval times. It was so amazing to think about the history.
@bijouxbroussard Thank you. 😊 Ahh i didnt know you had been here. So interesting isnt it. If you ever go again visit Plymouth. Not as fast and exiting as London. Although Plymouth has extended history. The Pilgrim fathers who set sail 'and mostly starved' to go to the 'new found land' which i think is north America. Lol id be rubbish as a guided tour lol. But yes in london the history is on another level. Theres a mass grave somewhere near my mates place in east London thats a mass grave for plague victims from the 1600.s. That just had me staring and thinking alot about those people. The gap between rich and poor then was cruely massive. It closed thankfully but the gap in that same door is beginning to re-open on a lesser scale. I think that stands globally right now though.
@Perry1968 [quote]It closed thankfully but the gap in that same door is beginning to re-open on a lesser scale. [/quote] It's definitely much worse in the UK than it was when I grew up there. Sadly even Norway's famously good Gini index is worsening.
