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A manor house was the largest and most comfortable house on a manorial estate. It was the home of the lord of the estate.
Manor houses ranged in size from a large house, by today's standards, to enormous, and the architecture ranged from that of a well built farmhouse to a fortified manor house, which was not very different from a castle to the modern eye.
The manor house typically had living quarters for the lord of the manor and his family, and for the servants who worked in the house. There was usually room for guests, and areas for eating and gathering.
Most manor houses had a single large room called the great hall, in addition to smaller rooms. This room was usually partitioned, and it was usually were the various living quarters were. The reason for this was that chimneys were not invented until the 12th century, and so the fire for heating was on a hearth in the middle of the room and vented through a hole in the roof or under the roof peaks. The great hall had to go all the way to the roof, and be very tall, for this to work. Of course, the wind blew through the vents, which is why we always hear about castles, which had the same feature, being drafty and cold. With the introduction of chimneys, people could heat individual rooms for the first time.
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